NATO founded
1949 · Event
Western military alliance against the Soviet bloc; cornerstone of the Cold War order.
On these timelines: Master, Cold War, USA, Russia & the USSR
Around 1949
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Korean War (1950)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- The Holocaust (1941)