Cold War History

Cold War History

Chinese Atomic Bomb Project

Date: 
Thursday, July 19, 2018
In 1964, China became the fifth country to possess nuclear weapons.

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  • A Chinese stamp commemorating the 1950 Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship

    A Chinese stamp commemorating the 1950 Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship 

  • China's first nuclear test, October 16, 1964

    China's first nuclear test, October 16, 1964

  • Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai announces the success of China's first nuclear test

    Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai announces the success of China's first nuclear test

Camp Century

Date: 
Thursday, July 19, 2018
During the Cold War, the U.S. Army built a military complex under the Greenland ice sheet as a prototype for nuclear missile silos.

Nuclear Close Calls: The Cuban Missile Crisis

Date: 
Friday, June 15, 2018
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were largely prevented from engaging in direct combat with each other due to the fear of mutually assured destruction (MAD). In 1962, however, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world perilously close to nuclear war.

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  • U.S. invasion plan of Cuba, 1962

    U.S. invasion plan of Cuba, 1962

  • A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-2 Neptune flies over a Soviet freighter, 1962

    A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-2 Neptune flies over a Soviet freighter, 1962

  • CIA map of “reconnaissance objectives in Cuba,” October 5, 1962

    CIA map of “reconnaissance objectives in Cuba,” October 5, 1962

  • NPIC Deputy Director David Parker shows photographic evidence of missiles in Cuba at the UN, October 25, 1962

    NPIC Deputy Director David Parker shows photographic evidence of missiles in Cuba at the UN, October 25, 1962

The Berlin Wall

Date: 
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decided that the time had come to erect a wall between the eastern and western portions of Berlin. In 1961, preliminary construction of the Berlin Wall began.

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  • AHF's Alexandra Levy at marker commemorating Berlin Wall

    AHF's Alexandra Levy at marker commemorating Berlin Wall

  • Photo by Avani Sihra

    Photo by Avani Sihra

  • Photo by Avani Sihra

    Photo by Avani Sihra

  • Photo by Avani Sihra

    Photo by Avani Sihra

  • Photo by Avani Sihra

    Photo by Avani Sihra

  • Photo by Avani Sihra

    Photo by Avani Sihra

  • Photo by Avani Sihra

    Photo by Avani Sihra

Atomic Culture

Date: 
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, people in the United States and around the world have developed cultural expressions of the atomic bomb.

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