Test your grasp of pivotal moments, alliances, and crises that shaped the post-WWII era. From airlifts to arms treaties, see how well you know the Cold War timeline.
What 1948–1949 operation flew food and fuel into West Berlin after a Soviet blockade?
Operation Ajax
The Long Telegram
Operation Overlord
The Berlin Airlift
Founded in 1949, which alliance pledged collective defense under Article 5?
CENTO
OECD
SEATO
NATO
Which 1955 treaty bound the USSR and Eastern Bloc in a military alliance?
The Schengen Agreement
The Camp David Accords
The Warsaw Pact
The Marshall Plan
The 1962 confrontation over Soviet missiles in Cuba is known as the ______.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Tet Offensive
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Able Archer scare
Which 1950–1953 war ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, creating the DMZ?
The Suez Crisis
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
The Yom Kippur War
What 1957 launch began the Space Age and spurred the space race?
Vostok 1
Luna 2
Sputnik 1
Explorer 1
What nuclear doctrine held that full retaliation by both sides would be devastating?
Rollback in context in context
Mutual Assured Destruction
Brinkmanship in context
Flexible Response in context
What 1972 accords capped the early détente era by limiting strategic arms?
SALT I and the ABM Treaty
START II in context
Open Skies Treaty in context
INF Treaty alone in context
Saigon’s fall in April 1975 marked the end of which conflict?
The Vietnam War
The Cambodian–Vietnamese War
The Laotian Civil War
The Afghan–Soviet War
The Cold War broadly ended with what 1991 event?
German reunification in context
The dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Helsinki Accords in context
The INF Treaty in context in context
Starter
You’re warming up on Cold War basics—review key dates, treaties, and turning points.
Solid
Good grasp of alliances and crises—tighten up on timelines and treaty acronyms.
Expert!
Impressive mastery—your recall spans airlifts, deterrence theory, and détente milestones.
