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Cold War Began
After the Yalta Conference, where President Rosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill & Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin made decisions about the war & postwar with Japan. The Yalta Conference, 1945 - 1937–1945 - Milestones - Office of the Historian. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2015, from https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/yalta-conf -
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2nd Atomic Bombing
Second bombing by the United States, lands in Nagasaki, Japan. Aug. 9, 1945 | U.S. Drops Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. (2011, August 9). Retrieved September 18, 2015. -
Soviets go to war
After the refused of the Potsdam Declaration from Japan, the Soviet Union declared war. Aug. 9, 1945 | U.S. Drops Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. (2011, August 9). Retrieved September 18, 2015. -
FIrst Atomic Bomb
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Documents signed
Japan surrenders on this day, but it was declared official until after the announcement was made bia radio four days after. Japan’s surrender made public. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2015, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japans-surrender-made-public -
Japan Surrenders!
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Restoring of Economic Infrastructure
The announcement made by Secretary of State, Goerge Marshall, that the United States would help rebuild the economic infrastucture of Europe. Europe responded and the proposed it through legislation. Thus, becoming Economic Cooperation Act of 1948.
The Cold War Museum. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2015, from http://www.coldwar.org/articles/40s/marshall_plan.asp -
Communists take over
President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia gave in to communist demands and handed his cabinet over to the party. After, the nation spiraled out of control, when the United States decided to take away a hefty loan that theyy needed.
Communists take power in Czechoslovakia. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2015, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/communists-take-power-in-czechoslovakia -
Berlin starts blockade
The Soviet Union blocked off all access to roads and rail travel West of Berlin in response to the refusal of American and British officials to allow Russia more in the economic future of Germany. Berlin Airlift begins. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2015, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-airlift-begins -
Soviets respond
The USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb but on a test site in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. They did this to test the size of the atomic bomb and how much damage it would do.
Soviets explode atomic bomb. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2015, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb -
Korean War begins
Armed forces from communist North Korea crash into South Korea, setting off the Korean War. The United States responded to help North Korean. In 1953, the United States and North Korea signed a cease-fire that put an end to the situation.
Korean War begins. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2015, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/korean-war-begins -
Russia creates KGB
The Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopanosti of the Soviet Union, a state security committee and was attached to the Council of Ministers. The main duties of the KGB were to gather intelligence from other nations, conduct counterintelligence, maintain the secret police, the KGB military corps and the border guards.
The Cold War Museum. (n.d.). Retrieved September 16, 2015, from http://www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/KGB.asp -
Geneva Conference begins
Representatives from the world’s powers meet in Geneva, in order to resolves issues in Asia and also to resolve the war between the French and Vietnamese.
Geneva Conference begins. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2015, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/geneva-conference-begins -
Warsaw Pact
The pact included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members. the pact was created for a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. The Warsaw Pact is formed. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2015, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-warsaw-pact-is-formed -
U.S. Spy planes shot down
After the capturing of the U-2 spy pilot, President Dwight D. Eisenhower had no choice but to admit to the Soviets that the U.S. CIA had been flying spy missions over the USSR for several years. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
CIA group of Cuban refugees land in Cuba and attempts to collapse the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack had failed.
The Bay of Pigs invasion begins. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2015, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-bay-of-pigs-invasion-begins
