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Germany Divided
After WWII, Germany had been divided into 4 zones, each ruled by US, Britian, France, and the USSR. -
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Cold War
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UN Was Created
United Nations was created as international organizaion to prevent wars. -
United Nations
Uited Nation had just been created. -
Atomic Bomb
U.S dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, beginning the nuclear age. -
Cold War Begins
Stalin openly declared the incompatibility of communism and capitilsm, triggering the Cold War. -
Iron Cuttian
In March, 1946, Churchill coined the term " Iron Curtian" to describe the boundary separating communist Eastern Europe from capitalist Westerm Europe. -
Truman
The Truman Doctrine was a US policy of giving econimic and military aid to free nations threatened by interanl or external opponents. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a US program to give assistance to help European countries rebuild after the war. -
$12.5 Billion Plan
Congress approved the $12.5 billion plan only after communists took over Czechoslovakia. -
New Currency
The Western Allies planned to begin circulation of a new currency in thier zones of Germany -
Allies Begin Berlin Airlift
The Western Allies begin the Berlin Airlift, flying food into Western Berlin. -
Using spies
US and USSR began using spies, propaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations to outmaneuver one another. -
North Alantic Treaty
US joined with 10 Western European nations and Canada to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) a defensive military alliance. -
Atomic BombTest
The USSR tested its first atomic bomb. -
US H-bomb
US developed H-bomb. -
USSR H-bomb
USSR developed H-bomb -
Germany admitted to NATO
West Germany was admitted to NATO, resurrecting Soviet fears of a strong Germany. -
The Warsaw Pact
USSR formed its own alliance called the Warsaw Pact, wich included all of Eastern Europe and Eastern Germany. -
ICBM
Soviets developed an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) wich was capable of hitting the US. -
First Satellite
The Soviets used an ICBM to launch the first satellite into space. -
US First Satellite
US launched its first satellite. -
Spy Plane Shot Down
A US spy plane (CIA U-2 plane pitoled by Francis Gary Powers) was shot down over USSR, and powers spent two years in Soviet prison for espionage. -
Berlin Wall
Soviets erected the Berlin Wall to seperate communist East Berlin from Capitilist West Berlin.
