Cold War Locations

1950: North and South begin a three year long war. The South is joined by UN forces.

1948: Country expelled from Communist international organisation

1989: Dictatorial couple are killed after brief uprising

1962: US missiles removed from this country after Cuban Missile Crisis

1961: A wall is constructed to halt the East-West flow of migrants.

1956: pro-Democracy movement crushed by Soviet tanks.

1964: The Gulf of Tonkin incident leads to the commitment of US troops to war.

1979: Socialist rebels called Sandanista establish a new government. 'Contras' fight them.

1968: pro-Democracy movement crushed by Soviet tanks.

1980: A shipyard strike leads to formation of non-Communist labour union.

1991: This Soviet Republic attempts to break away. Soviet crackdown leads to casualties.

1962: Missile Crisis brings world to brink of War.

1949: Nation explodes first atomic bomb; start of a new phase of the Nuclear Arms Race.

1989: 'Velvet Revolution' marks peaceful move to Democracy

1979: Nation is invaded by the Soviet Union

1975: Country is reunified after Communist victory.

1989: First democratic elections in Eastern Europe see Communists defeated.

1954: Nation is partitioned into Communist North and Capitalist South after war with France.

1954: China shells the islands of Quemoy and Matsu in show of strength.

1989: Massive student protest crushed by government forces