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The USSR agrees to declare war on japan. In the Yalta conference agreements, the soviet union also invaded Japanese sakhalin and the kuril islands.
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The Philippines gained independence from the united states. They begin fighting with the communist, huk rebels.
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Soviet premier joseph stalin had ordered to block all of the land routes from west germany to berlin. He did it to try and starve off the french, british, and american forces from the city. In response these 3 western powers launch the berlin airlift to supply the citizens of berlin by air.
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The Red Scare reaches its peak. The communist party had many members of different American celebrities.
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President Harry. S Truman signs the Mutual Security Act. He announced to the world and its communist powers that the U.S. was prepared to provide military aid to "free peoples".
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The United States launched its first nuclear submarine. It was named the USS Nautilus. It had became the ultimate nuclear deterrent.
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President John F.Kennedy was shot in Dallas Texas. People thought whether communist countries or the CIA could've been involved in his assassination. After his death vice president Lyndon B. Johnson became president of the united states.
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Latin America and Caribbean countries had signed the Treaty of Tlatelolco in Mexico City. This Treaty was to prohibit nuclear weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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North Vietnam wins the war in South Vietnam. South Vietnam regime falls with the surrender of saigon, The two countries were united under communist government.
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The United States and its allies boycott the 1980 summer olympics. This had occured in Moscow.
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This timeline is about the cold war. It followed after world war 2.
