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Yalta Conference
Divids Germany into four occupation zones, free elections in all countries held by Nazi Germany, the United Nations created, -
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Cold War
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Truman's Declaration
Harry S. Truman claims he is going to be tougher on the soviets than FDR was. -
Potsdam Conference
Harry S. Truman informs Stalin that the U.S. has nuclear weapons -
Hiroshima
Harry S. Truman gives permission for the military to drop military bombs on the city of Hiroshima. -
Nagasaki
Truman gives permission for the final nuclear bomb dropping on Nagasaki -
Surrender
The Japanese surrender -
Reconstituted
Austria is reconstituted and divided into 4 areas of control; US, British, French, and Soviet -
Phillippines
The Phillippines gain independence from the US and begins fighting communist Huk rebels -
Clifford-Elsey Report
Soviets violates agreements between them and the US -
Trumine Doctrine
Truman gives aide to Greece and Turkey from them falling under the Soviet sphere -
Withdrawal from Korea
Withdraw soldiers from Korea, -
Czech
The communist party takes hold of Czechoslovakia -
NATO
Nato is formed to resist communist expansion -
Red Scare
Reaches its peak with a lot of american celebrities accepting communism -
Mutual Security Act
Truman announces he will provide aid to "free peoples" -
Operation Hurricane
UK successfully tests atomic bomb, becomes second nuclear power -
Stalin dies
Stalin dies, power struggle to succeed him -
USS Nautilus
US launches first nuclear ship -
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union and other communist parties join a rival alliance -
Vietnam War
South Vietnam was an ally of US, North with Soviet -
U-2 Spy Plane
US spy plane shot down, US lied about it's reasons, but it was later revealed it was for surveillance. -
Bay of Pigs
CIA backed invasion on Cuba, fails. -
Berlin Wall
To keep East German's leaving to the West. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Soviets have been secretly hiding nuclear arms in places such as Cuba, Kenedy tries to isolate it, exacerbates the situation. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The wall is torn down as swiftly as it was built -
Fall of USSR
Gorbachev resigns on 12/25. The republics become sovereign.
