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Defeat of Germany and Japan
As the battle of Berlin raged on, German dictator Adolf Hitler committed suicide.
America gained victory over Japan using horrific violence, the result was implications beyond Japans physical capacity to wage war. -
The Marshall Plan is announced
An American initiative to aid Europe, the United States gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild European economies. The goals of the United States was to rebuild war-devastated regons. -
Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes, the president of Czechoslovakia Communist Party was head of the London-based Czech goverment-in-exile during the war. American offcials were particularly upset when Benes' goverment strongly opposed any plans for the politcal rehabititation. -
Russia tested its first atomic bomb
Code name "First Lightning" a successful remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan. The Soviet physicists who worked on the bombs were honored for the achievement on the penalties they would have suffered had the test failed. -
Truman approved H-bomb development
U.S President Harry S. Truman publicly announced his decision to support the development of the hydrogen bomb. A weapon theorized to be hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II. -
Koran War Ends
The signing of the armistice formally ended the war in Korea. North and South Korea remain separate and occupy almost the same territory they had when the war began. -
Poznan Protest
The first of several massive protests against the government of the People's Repubic of Poland. Demonstrations by workers demanding better conditions. -
Cuban Dictator Batista Falls from Power
Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees the island nation, as celebration and chaos intermingled in the Cuban capitol of Havana, U.S. The United States government had supported the American-frendly Batista regine since it came to power in 1952. -
Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan
Of the nearly decade-long Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, the last Russian troops withdraw from the capital city of Kabul. Less than two weeks later, all Soviet troops departed Afghanistan entirely. -
End of Soviet Union and The ColdWar Ends
By the mid 1990, many of the Soviet republics had delaned their independence. On December 8, 1991 the Soviet Union creased to exist. After 45 years, the Cold War was over.
