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Germany Divided
Allies split Germany into 4 zones, each ruled by US, UK, USSR, and France -
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Cold War Origins
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UN Created
United Nations was started as an international orginization to prevent future wars -
US Drops It
The Us dropped 2 Atomic bombs starting the nuclear Age -
Start of The Cold War
Stalin openly declared incompatability between communisum and capatalism in early 1946 starting The Cold War -
The Iron Curtain
Churchill described the boundarie sperating (communist) Eastern Eruope from (capitalist) Western Europe as an Iron Curtain -
The Truman Doctrine
Truman designed a US policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threateded by internal or or external opponents -
Marshallplan
Announced in June 1947 Secretary of state Geroge Marshall declared that the US would help rebuild Eroupean Contries after the war -
The Berlin Airlift
In June 1948, the Western Allies begin the Berlin Airlift, a massive operation of flying food and supplies into West Berlin to sustain the whole city -
New Currency
In June of 1948 Western Allies aagreed on a new circolation of currancy -
James Bond
Starting in 1949, Us and USSR began using spies, propaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations to outmaneuver one another -
NATO
In April 1949, Us joined with 10 Western European nations and Canada to from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) a defensive military alliance -
USSR Admits defeat
In May of 1949 the USSR admitied defeat by lifiting the blockade -
USSR Strikes back
In August of 1949 the USSR tested their first atomic bomb -
Germany into NATO
In 1954 West Germany was admitted to NATO which in turn resurected the fears of a strong Germany -
The WarSaw Pact
In 1955 the USSR created its own alliance called the war saw pact -
Soviets Catching up
Soviets designed an International Belistics Missle In August of 1957 which had the capability of hitting the US -
Powers
In May of 1960 James Powers was shot down in a spy plane over the USSR then was held prisoner for two years -
The Berlin Wall
The USSR set up The Berlin Wall to seperate West from East Berlin