Cold War

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    Cold War

  • Yalta Confrence

    Yalta Confrence

    FDR, Churchill, Stalin meet up after the end of WW2
  • VE Day

    VE Day

    Victory in europe day, germany surrenders in berlin
  • Potsdam Confrence

    Potsdam Confrence

    Germany was split into four zones
  • Bomb Dropped on Japan

    Bomb Dropped on Japan

  • Formation of NATO

    Formation of NATO

  • Communist Hunt in US begins

    Communist Hunt in US begins

    Start of Red Scare
  • Americas Involvment in Vietnam ends

    Americas Involvment in Vietnam ends

    signed paris peace accords
  • JFK assassinated

    JFK assassinated

  • Richard Nixon Elected president

    Richard Nixon Elected president

  • France Leaves SEATO

    France Leaves SEATO

    Disbands
  • Richard Nixon resigns and is replaced by gerald ford

    Richard Nixon resigns and is replaced by gerald ford

  • Soviets and Cuba install communism in Angola

    Soviets and Cuba install communism in Angola

  • Nuclear explosion in chernobyl

    Nuclear explosion in chernobyl

  • President George H.W. Bush elected

    President George H.W. Bush elected

  • End of cold war

    End of cold war

    Bush and Gorbachev announce at Malta Summit