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Yalta Conference
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Potsdam Conference
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America Drops The First Atomic Bomb In War
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Russia Enters War Against Japan
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Japan Surrenders Which Ends WWII
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Stalin hostile speech - communism & capitalism were incompatible
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Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" Speech
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Operation Crossroads with Test Able was the first public demonstration of America's atomic arsenal
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America's Test Baker - underwater explosion
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Truman Doctrine - Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War
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Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition
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Rio Pact - U.S. meet 19 Latin American countries and created a security zone around the hemisphere
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Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
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Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies
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Brussels Pact organized to protect Europe from communism
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Berlin Blockade begins lasting 11 months
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NATO ratified
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Berlin Blockade ends
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Russia tested its first atomic bomb
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Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China and establishes the People's Republic of China
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Truman approved H-bomb development
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Joe McCarthy begins Communist witch hunt and loyalty tests
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Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons
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Federal Civil Defense Administration established
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Truman fires MacArthur
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March 17-June 4 Nuclear Arms Race atomic test series of 11 explosions at Nevada Test Site
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April 15: RAND report on the "Vulnerability of U. S. Strategic Air Power"
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Cease Fire Signed Halting War In Korea
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Ike's Atoms for Peace speech
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H-bomb Castle-Bravo test
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KGB Established
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Warsaw Pact Established
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USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, to suppress demonstrations by workers
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USSR sent military aid to Afghanistan
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Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM
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Sputnik launched into orbit
