Cuban Missile Crisis

Berlin airlift

Domino Theory

U-2 Incident

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Korean War

Hydrogen bomb created

Building of the Berlin Wall

Vietnam War

Truman Doctrine

SEATO

Kennedy Assassination

OPEC Created

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

McCarthyism

Suez Crisis

Election of Ronald Reagan

Creation of NASA

Bay of Pigs

Cambodian Genocide

Iran Hostage Crisis

NDEA

Sputnik

Khrushchev rises to power

SALT I

SALT II

Adam Johnson

Created May 12, 2026

Use this cold war events tier list to rank your favorites from best to worst. Drag items into S, A, B, C, or D tiers and share your cold war events rankings with friends. Whether you're debating the best cold war events or settling an argument, this tier list maker lets you create the perfect cold war events ranking and compare with other Americans on TierBuddy. Popular categories include history, cold-war, us-history, world-history.

By Adam Johnson

S Tier

Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin airlift
Domino Theory
U-2 Incident
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

A Tier

Korean War
Hydrogen bomb created
Building of the Berlin Wall
Vietnam War

B Tier

Truman Doctrine
SEATO
Kennedy Assassination
OPEC Created
Tonkin Gulf Resolution

C Tier

McCarthyism
Suez Crisis
Election of Ronald Reagan
Creation of NASA
Bay of Pigs
Cambodian Genocide
Iran Hostage Crisis
NDEA
Sputnik

D Tier

Khrushchev rises to power
SALT I
SALT II