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Yalta Conference
The last meeting in which the Soviet Union and the US were amicable, and thus began the cold war. -
FDR Dies
Franklin Delano Roosvelt dies, this constitutes a major breakup of relations due to Stalin and FDR's friendship. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany is finaly defeated markin the beggining of the post war period. -
First A-Bomb
Trinity is dropped in the Arizona desert -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The bomb is dropped on Japan and spearheads a surrender -
Vietnamese Independence
Ho Chi Mihn declares indepndence by quoting the US declaration of independence, but gets double crossed -
"An iron curtain has fallen"
Churchill giving his famous speech. -
First Indochina War
France invades Vietnam to consolidate power -
Truman Doctrine
Truman declares active aid in Greek civil war -
Communist Takeover in Czechoslovakia
This takeover marks an imporant event in the cold war, because it represents the spread of communism. -
NATO Ratified
The military aliance NATO apears -
Mcarthyism Beggins
The communist witch hunt began. -
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The Korean War
Full scale war, altohugh the war still goes on it has cooled down -
KGB Established
The Russian secret service, the KGB, is created. -
French Surrender
DIen Bien Phu -
The Warsaw pact is created
The communist version of NATO appears -
Vietnam War Begins
War against communists by the US begins -
Kennedy Wins the Election
He states the US will be a leader of freedoms, "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country". -
Berlin Wall
The USSR erects a wall -
Cuban Missle Crisis
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Kennedy is Assasinated
Kenndy is murdered -
Gulf of Tomkin Incident
The Gulf of Tomkin Incident occurs and directly leads to the explosion of the Vietnam War.