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Germany divided
Allies slpit Germany into 4 zones ruled by US, UK, USSR, and France -
U.N created
United Nations was started as an international org. to prevent wars -
US dropped bombs
The US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, beginning the nuclear age -
Stalin triggered the cold war
Stalin openly declared the incompatibility of communism and capitalism triggering the cold war. -
Iron curtain
Churchill coined the term ¨ iron curtain ¨ to describe the boundary seperating communist Eastern Europe from capitalist Western Europe -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a US policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was a US program to give assistance to help European countries rebuild after the war. Announced by Secretary of State Gearge Marshall -
Communists take over Czechoslovakia
Congress approved the $12.5 billion planonly after communists took over Czechoslovakia -
Circulation of a new currency
Wetern Allies planned to begin circulation of a new currency in their zones of Germany -
Berlin Airlift
The Western Allies begin the Berlin Airlift, a massive operation of flying food and supplies into West Berlin to sustain the whole city. -
Secret Operations
US and USSR began using spies, propaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations to outmaneuver one another -
NATO
US joined with 10 Western European nations and Canada to form NATO, a defensive military alliance -
USSR admitted defeat
USSR admitted defeat by lifting the blockade -
Atomic Bomb
The USSR tested its first atomic bomb -
H-bomb
US developed the H-bomb -
H-bomb
USSR develope their H-bomb -
West Germany admitted to NATO
West Germany was admitted to NATO resurrecting Soviet fears of a strong Germany -
Warsaw
USSR formed its own alliance called Warsaw -
ICBM
Soviets developed an intercontinental bullistic missile (ICBM) -
First Satellite
Soviets used an ICBM to launch the first satellite into space -
US first satellite
US launched its first sattelite -
CIA U-2 plane
US spy plane (CIA U-2 plane piloted 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 communists East Berlin from West Berlin
