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Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs the US Naval Base of Pearl Harbor, causing the US to get involved in the war. (it won't let me upload my picture) -
Hiroshima Bombing
America dropped , "Little Boy", on Hiroshima, Japan after the Pearl Harbor Bombing. -
Nagasaki Bombing
America dropped a bomb, "Fat Man", on Nagasaki, Japan after the Pearl Harbor Bombing. -
Iron Curtain
Churchill created a line between those in NATO and those under the Warsaw Pact after WWII. This was called "The Iron Curtain" -
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Korean War
War sparked between South Korea and communist North Korea. -
Sputnik is Launched
The USSR launched Sputnick and the beginning of the Space Race. -
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Space Race
The Space Race was a sort of competition with the main competitors being the USSR and America. It was a race for the most advanced space technology, at the the time it was putting a man on the moon. -
Warsaw Pact
The USSR and some Eastern European countries joined in alliance under the Warsaw Pact. -
Man on the Moon
The United States ended the Space Race when the first man landed on the moon. -
USSR Sends to Afghanistan
The invasion by the USSR led to a stalemate in the Afghan war.
