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The cold war begins
Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins Source: http://tinyurl.com/a372e
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Yalta Conference
U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
Potsdam Conference - Truman - Stalin. Source:http://tinyurl.com/a372e
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Russia declares war on Japan
Russia declares war on Japan Source: http://tinyurl.com/mxsxkmz
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The creation of the "Iron Curtain"
"Iron Curtain" was a phrase used to describe the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact countries and the NATO countries from about 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The Iron Curtain was both a physical and an ideal division that represented the way Europe was viewed after World War II. To the east of the Iron Curtain were the countries that were connected to or influenced by the USSR (Soviet Union). This included part of Germany Czechoslovak
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The Truman Doctrine
With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. The Truman Doctrine effectively reoriented U.S. foreign policy, away from its usual stance of withdrawal from regional conflicts not directly involving the United States, to one of possible intervention in far away conflicts.
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The Marshall Plan
Europe prospero The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. The plan was in operation for four years beginning in April 1948. The goals of the United States were to rebuild a war-devastated region, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, and make s again. -
The Berlin Airlift
Soviets placed a blockade on the allied sector of Berlin to starve the population into Soviet alliance. The blockade was a soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy. the blockade was a high point in the cold war, and it led to the berlin airlift. The allied response was a unbelievably massive air supply- flying night and day to feed the city. -
Forming of NATO
In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This consisted of 28 countries including the U.S, U.K, Italy, and Germany. -
Russia Tests
Russia test its first Atomic Bomb, it is a scary day for everyone with their new weaponry. Source: http://tinyurl.com/6pj6kf5
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Korea War Ends
Korean war ends and all troops deployed are relieved of duty. The korean war ended between the Americans and other foreign forces but the war still rages on between South and North -
KGB Forms
KGB forms it is almost the russian version of the CIA and is told to be going into covert operations all around the world. -
Vietnam Splits
Vietnam splits itself from 1 country into a southern and northern division at the 17th parallel. Source: http://tinyurl.com/kqc8t87
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Forming of Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955. Source: http://tinyurl.com/3yvp93t
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Vietnam War
The cold war was a fight between the United States and the USSR over the world's resources. South Vietnam was an allie of the US and North Vietnam was an allie of the USSR. The US feared if North Vietnam won the war other countries in South Asia would also fall to Communism. Source: http://tinyurl.com/2774v8
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Sputnik
The Sputnik crisis was the American reaction to the success of the Sputnik program.[1] It was a key Cold War event that began on October 4, 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite. The launch of Sputnik I and the failure of its first two Project Vanguard launch attempts rattled the American public; President Dwight D. Eisenhower referred to it as the “Sputnik Crisis”. Although Sputnik was itself harmless, its orbiting scared the people of the US -
Fidel Castro
Cuba is taken over by Fidel Castro and he becomes the official dictator. Source: http://tinyurl.com/6jeopbk
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The U-2 incident
The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union. The United States government at first denied the plane's purpose and mission, but then was forced to admit its role as a covert surveillance aircraft when the Soviet government produced its intact remains and surviving pilot. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay Of Pigs invasion refers to the CIA sponsored American attack of the Cuban government in order to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was a tricky plan to execute as US was not in war with Cuba then. Though the US planned to appear “not being involved” in this attack and declared about their non-intention to intervene in Cuban affairs, Cuba had already approached the UN with the facts about the US training mercenaries for this planned invasion. Source: http://tinyurl.com/7cgl7 -
Berlin wall
The Berlin Wall was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept East Germans from fleeing to the West. Source: http://tinyurl.com/5zdf2
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. Luckily, thanks to the bravery of two men, President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev, war was averted. Source: http://tinyurl.com/ec2zu
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JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade. The assassin was Lee Harvey Oswald. Source: http://tinyurl.com/3utsmtg
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China atomic bomb
China successfully tests its first atom bomb, this begins the production of nuclear weapons and stockpile.
They were then one of the beginning powers of nuclear technology. Source: http://tinyurl.com/qxv7mwg
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Dominican
U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic.
They stationed near the Icoko bay. Source: http://tinyurl.com/k5b7539
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U.S. Combat
U.S. commits combat troops to South Vietnam.
They started to deploy and set up camps across the land, the Vietnamese were aware of this and prepared. Source: http://tinyurl.com/6qa4b
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Czech Uprising
Russia crushed the Czechoslovakian uprising and stopped them from continuing. Russia continued to further invade. Source: http://tinyurl.com/lfpwjge
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Overthrown
U.S. supported coup overthrows Chilean government. Source: http://tinyurl.com/34lubs
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South Vietnam
South Vietnam falls to Communist forces. The north influenced by countries like Russia and China brought them into the communist force and America disagreed. Source: http://tinyurl.com/kmkqd63
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Communist in Angola
Soviet and Cuban forces help install Communist government in Angola. This adds another force to the communist movement in the Warsaw Pact. Source: http://tinyurl.com/mfypdcm
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Russia crushed
Russia crushed the Czechoslovakian uprising and stopped them from continuing. Russia continued to further invade Source: http://tinyurl.com/mfypdcm
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Fall of the Berlin wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall happened nearly as suddenly as its rise. There had been signs that the Communist bloc was weakening, but the East German Communist leaders insisted that East Germany just needed a moderate change rather than a drastic revolution. East German citizens did not agree. As Communism began to falter in Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia in 1988 and 1989, new exodus points were opened to East Germans who wanted to flee to the West. Then suddenly, on the evening of November. -
Dissolution of the USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formally dissolved on 26 December 1991 by declaration of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. This declaration acknowledged the independence of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union following the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States. On the previous day, 25 December 1991, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned, declaring his office extinct, and handed over the Soviet nuclear missile launchi
