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Germany Divides
Allies split Gemany into 4 zones -
UN Created
United Nations was started as an international organization to prevent war. -
US Bombs Japan
US droppped 2 atomic bobs on Japan beginning the nuclear age. -
Cold War Triggered
Stalin openly declared the incompatibility of communism and capitalism triggering Cold War. -
Iron Curtain Divides Europe
CHurchill coined the term ¨Iron Curtain¨ to describe the boundary dividing Commmunist Eastern Europe and Western Europe -
Truman Docterine
Truman Docterine was a US policy of giving economc, and military and to free nations threatened by internal and external opponets -
Marshall Plan Announced
A US program to give assistance to help European countries rebuild after war. Announced by Secretary of State George Marshall -
Czechoslovakia Took Over
Congree approved the $12.5 billion plan, Marshall Plan, only after communists took over Czechoslovakia in 1948 -
Allies Create New Currency
The Western Allies planned to begin circulation of a new curency in their zones of Germany. -
Berlin Airlift Begins
The Western Allies begin the Berlin Airlift, a massive operation of lfying food and supplies into West Berlin to sustain the whole city -
Spies Began
US and USSR began using spies, proganda, diplomacy, and secret operations to outmaneuver one another. -
The Creation of NATO
US joined with 10 Western European nations and Canada to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a defensive military alliance -
USSR Defeated
USSR admitted defeat by lifting the blockade -
USSR's First Bomb
THe USSR tested its first atomic bomb. -
US and the H-Bomb
US developed H-Bomb in 1952 -
USSR and the H-Bomb
USSR developed H-Bomb in 1953 -
West Germany Admitts to NATO
West Germany was admitted to NATO in 1954, resurrecting Soviet Fears of a strong Germany. -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
USSR formd its own alliance in May 1955 called the Warsaw Pact, which included all the Eastern Europe and East Germany. -
US is Threatened
Soviets developed an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in August 1957, which was capable of hitting the US -
First Satellite called Sputnik
The Soviets used an ICBM to launch the first satellite into space Its mission was to gather data on upper atmospheric conditions. -
US First Satellite
US launched its first satellite in 1958 -
US Spy is Captured
A US spy plane (CIA U-2 plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers) was shot down over USSR, and Powers spent 2 years in Soviet prison for espionage. -
Berlin Wall is Erected
Soviets erected the Berlin Wall in August 1961 to separate communist East Berlin from capitalist West Berlin.
