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UN created
United Nations was started as an international orginization to prevent wars. -
Nuke
US drops atomic bombs on Japan beginning the nuclear age. -
Germany Divided
Allies split Germany into 4 zones each ruled by US, UK, USSR, and France. -
Cold War Began
Stalin declared incomposition and started the COld War -
Iron curtain
The Iron Curtain seperated Eastern Europe from Western Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
A US policy of giving economic and millitary aid to free nations. -
Marshall Plan
US program to give help to European countries to rebuild after war. -
New Currency
Western Allies began the constructipon of a new currency. -
Money Plan
Congress approved the $12.5 billion plan after communnists took over Czechslvakia. -
Berlin Airlift
Western Allies fly food and supplies into western Berlin. -
NATO
US joined with 10 western europe nations and Cananda to form NATO, defensive millitary alliance. -
Spys
US and USSR began using spys, propaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations. -
Lifted Blockade
USSR admitted defeat by lifting blockade. -
Atomic bomb
USSR tested first atomic bomb and truman wanted to make a more powerful bomb. -
H bomb
US created H bomb. -
H Bomb #2
USSR comes out with their own H Bomb. -
NATO
West Germany was admitted to NATO ressurecting soviet fear of strong Germnay. -
Warsaw
USSR formed own alliance called the Warsaw Pact which involved all of eeastern europe and all of eastern Germany. -
ICBM
Soviets devolop ICBM -
ICBM satelite
Soviets launch first ever satelite into space. -
Space race
US launches their first satelite. -
Spy plane
US spy plane was shot down over the USSR. Francis Gary Powers who piloted it was kept prisoner for 2 years in USSR. -
Berlin wall
Soviet eected Berlin Wall to seperate East Berlin from West Berlin.