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Yalta Conference
FDR, Stalin, and Churchill met, the start of the Cold War -
Hiroshima
The United States drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan. -
Stalin's Communism Speech
Stalin gives a speech on communism and capitalism -
Truman Doctrine
Truman declares the active role in the Greek Civil War
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine#:~:text=With%20the%20Truman%20Doctrine%2C%20President,external%20or%20internal%20authoritarian%20forces.&text=Truman%20asked%20Congress%20to%20support%20the%20Greek%20Government%20against%20the%20Communists. -
Communism
Communists take over Czechoslovakia -
Atomic Bomb
Russia tested its first atomic bomb -
McCarthy
McCarthy starts his hunt to get rid of Communist people in the United States -
Sputnik 1
USSR set Sputnik 1 into an orbit in space -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day military standoff between the US and the Soviet Union
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis -
Gulf of Tonkin
Attack all forces to prevent further aggression into the United States, initiated by Lyndon B. Johnson -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 successfully lands on the moon -
North and South Vietnam
North Vietnam beats South Vietnam which causes them to fall to communist forces. -
Berlin Wall Fall
The Berlin Wall falls down and East Germany allows migration to West Germany. -
Communist Governments fall
The communist governments fall in Bulgaria, Rumania, and Czechoslovakia. -
The end of the Cold War
The Soviet Union falls and it marks the end of the Cold War