The Cold War Classic

The Cold War Classic is a Model United Nations crisis scenario. Starting at the year 1958, the delegates represent NATO or Warsaw Pact nations, and trying to maintain the intricate balance of peace, all under the constant threat of mutually assured destruction.

Nations

 * United States of America
 * France
 * Soviet Union
 * Poland
 * East Germany
 * West Germany
 * Saudi Arabia

Pre-1958

 * Circa 1954: Algeria descends into revolution.

1958

 * February: The communist movement in Algeria makes significant advancements.
 * February: The French Army sends Peacekeepers to contain the rebelling Algerians.
 * April: The communist movement in Tunisia seizes the country. The People's Republic of Algeria is declared.
 * June: The Pan-Arab Federation is formed, composing of Egypt, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia.
 * August: The American sponsored UN Resolution "Algerian Peace" fails to pass.
 * October: The U.S supported revolutionary Fidel Castro becomes the President of Cuba.
 * November: Fidel Castro dies in a car accident.
 * December: France recognizes Algerian independence

1959

 * February: Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was captured by the North Vietnamese Army. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is formed.
 * April: American astronauts landed on the moon.
 * June: The Libyan communist movement seizes control of the government.
 * August: French astronauts landed on the moon.
 * October: Vietnam declared war on Cambodia.
 * December: The United States declared war on Vietnam. The U.S Pacific Fleet, Pacific Fleet Marine Force, and the 15th Air Force were dispatched.

1960

 * February: The U.S seized Southern Cambodia from the Vietnamese Army.
 * December: The United States reached a peace agreement with the Vietnamese Army.

1961

 * The Entire Year: France made siginificant effort in re-colonizing Africa, by petitioning colonies to become provinces of France.

1962

 * February: The United States 1st Army seizes significant portions of South Vietnam.
 * June: The king of Saudi Arabia proclaims a pro-communist government. Large scale resistance were formed against the new government.
 * August: The Soviet Union annexes Austria.
 * December: The U.S and Chinese initiate a joint expidition against Vietnam.

1963

 * April: The Vietnamese government collapses. Vietnam is incorporated into a new Chinese province.
 * June: France sends peacekeepers to Angola.
 * August: The Chinese embassy in Chile was bombed. Tension between China and the U.S reaches a breaking point.
 * December: The Chinese declares war on the United States. The Chinese launches multiple bomber-based nuclear payloads to American mainlands. The U.S III Amphibious Corps and the U.S Fifth Army captures territory in the Yangtze River Delta.