Cold War

By amayn21
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    Cold War

  • Yalta Conference

    meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin. The "Big Three"

  • Russia enters war against Japan

  • End of World War II

    Japanese surrender.

  • Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchhill

  • Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War

  • Marshall Plan is announced

  • Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia

  • Berlin Blockade begins

  • Berlin Blockade ends

  • NATO ratified

  • Mao Zedong, a Communist, takes control of China

  • Soviets explode first atomic bomb

  • Korean War begins

  • US explodes first hydrogen bomb

  • Rosenberg executions

  • Korean War ends

  • Soviets explodes hydrogen bomb. Stalin died

  • KGB established

  • CIA helps overthrow unfriendly regimes in Iran and Guatemala

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