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House un American Activites
orignally established in 1937 under the chairmanship of Martin dies. -
United Nations formation
Franklin Roosevelt published the Declaration by the United Nations , which was told to tell people to keep on fighting. -
Yalta Conference
strategy meeting between Roosevelt ,Churchill, Stalin -
postdam conference
In order to eliminate Germany's war potential the production of arms, ammunition and implements of war as well as all types of aircraft and sea-going ships shall be prohibited and prevented -
Truman Doctrine
September 1946, Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce, favored co-operation with the Soviet Union. In private he disagreed with Harry S. Truman about what he considered to be an aggressive foreign policy. Wallace went public about his fears at a meeting in New York City in September, 1946. As a result, Truman sacked Wallace from his administration. -
Marshall Plan
Harry S. Truman, announced details to Congress of what eventually became known as the Truman Doctrine. In his speech he pledged American support for "free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures" -
Berlin Airlift
the Soviet military government in Berlin began to a land blockade of the allied areas of the city by refusing to permit American and British supply trains to pass through the zone -
NATO(north atlantic treaty organization)
established in Washington on 4th April, 1949. The treaty, signed by the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United States, provided for mutual assistance if perhaps any one of the members of the alliance were attacked. -
North Korean Invasion of South Korea
North Korean troops crossed the thirty-eighth parallel in force. -
Rosenburg Execution
They both refused to confess and provide evidence against others and they were eventually executed on 19th June, 1953. As one political commentator pointed out, they died because they refused to confess and name others. -
Armistice signed the ending of korean war
An armistice agreement was signed in Panmunjom -
Sputnik 1 launched
After Soviet Union successfully launched sputnik -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
This consisted of concrete slabs between steel girder and concrete posts with a concrete sewage pipe on top of the Wall -
Warsaw Pact formation
1995 -Soviet Unions response to West Germany joining NATO. -
Era of MCcarthism begins
