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Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins -
This event happened at different times Germany surrendered to the allies on May 7 1945, Japan surrendered september 2 1945
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Stalin hostile speech - communism & capitalism were incompatible
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Truman demands Russia leave Iran
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Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition
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Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies
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Brussels Pact organized to protect Europe from communism
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NATO ratified
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Russia tested its first atomic bomb
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Truman approved H-bomb development
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Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons
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A-bombs developed by Britain
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Korean War ends
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KGB established
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The founding treaty was established under the initiative of the Soviet Union and signed on 14 May 1955, in Warsaw
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Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro
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Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory
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John F. Kennedy elected President of USA
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was an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken
