Cold War

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  • Germany Divided

    Allies spit Germany into 4 zones ruled by US, UK, USSR,& France

  • UN created

    United Nations was started as an international organization to prevent future wars.

  • A-Bomb

    USSR tested its first atomic bomb

  • Cold War Trigger

    Stalin openly declared incompatibility between communists and capitalists triggering the cold war.

  • Iron Curtain

    Churchill coined the term iron curtain seperating the east(communist) from western Europe(capitalists)

  • Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine was a policy giving aid to free nations threatened by opponents.

  • Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan was a US program to rebuild Europe after the war.

  • Conquestadors

    Communists took over Czechoslovakia.

  • New Currency

    Western allies attempted to create a new form of currency in their zones in Germany.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Western Allies began to create the Berlin Airlift

  • Spies

    The US and the USSR began using spies and other propoganda

  • NATO

    NATO is formed. US joins 10 European nations.

  • Defeat

    USSR admitted defeat by lifting their blockade

  • A-bomb

    USSR tested its first atomic bomb

  • H-bomb

    US developed the hydrogen bomb

  • USSR Copy cats

    USSR also developed hydrogen bomb

  • NATO new addition

    West Germany was admitted to NATO

  • Warsaw Pact

    USSR formed the Warsaw Pact alliance

  • ICBM

    Inter Continental Ballistic Missile is invented by Soviets

  • ICBM in Use

    ICBM is used to send the first satellite into space

  • Spy Plane

    A US spy plane is shot down over USSR. Francis Gary Powers serves 2 years in Soviet prison for espionage.

  • Berlin Wall