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Yalta Conference
Agreement to tempararily divide Germany -
Period: to
Cold War
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United States first used A-Bomb
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V-J Day
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Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech
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Marshall Plan announced
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Berlin Blockade begins
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NATO ratified
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Mao Zedong takes control of China
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USSR explodes 1st A-Bomb
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Joseph McCarthy begins attack on Communism
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Korean War begins
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Rosenberg executions
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Korean War ends
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Warsaw Pact formed
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Vietnam split at 17th parallel
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Sputnik launched
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Fidel Castro takes over Cuba
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U-2 plane shot down in USSR
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Bay of Pigs invasion
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John F. Kenndy elected president
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Construction of Berlin Wall begins
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Saigon, South Vietnam falls to communism
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Berlin Wall falls
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Soviet Empire falls
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U.S. and Russia end Cold War
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Germany reunited
