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Hitler invades Soviet Union
The Nazi Army began thier invasion into Russia. But the Nazi Army would be stopped at Stalingrad. -
Yalta Conference
The conference where all three leaders of the Allies came together to decide on how to end the war and what to do with Germany afterwards -
Potsdam Conference
The three Allied Nations agreed to recognize each others influence over regions where thier troops remained by the end of the war. -
Germany is defeated
World War II comes to a close as Allied troops close in on Berlin and defeat Germany. -
Stalin establishes Soviet controlled Nations in Eastern Europe
Stalin Sets up totalitatian regimes in countries despite the complaint of the Allies. Despite this, the Allies to little to stop him. -
The Division of Eurpope
Russia and the other European nations, with thier respective troops in their areas, split Europe into two major spheres of influence. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill spoke out against the wall that the Soviet Union that has build around itself using Satellite nations, claiming that Russia plans on taking over all of Europe. -
Communist Rebellions
The govermnents of Greece and Turkey are fighting off Communist rebellions. Great Britain has been supporting Greece but soon ran out of funding, but they soon turned to America for help -
Containment Speech
Truman declared that he would support any free peoples under threat of subjugation by communists or "outside minorities" This later became known as the Truman Doctrine. -
Marshall Plan
Truman introduced the Marshall plan to try and help all the European nations crippled by the war, over 17 billion was put into this plan. -
NSC 68
A secret document that warned that Soviet military power was becoming more powerful than the west, and that America needs to increase its nuclear power -
New currency deal
France, America, and Great Britain agreed to introduce a new currency into Germany. -
The Berlin Blockade
In protest of the new currency the rest of the Allies planned on implementing, Stalin blockaded Berlin and stopped food and anything else from entering its limits. -
Berlin Airlift
Because of the blockade, American and British pilots began airlifting in supplies to west berlin in order to keep them from starving and running out of power. -
Mao takes over china
Mao successfully leads a communist rebellion and takes over China. -
The end of American monopoly on Nuclear Weapons
The Russian army has grown powerful enough to produce nuclear weapons -
NATO is formed
A treaty is formed to protect against Communist agression -
Re-opening of Berlin
When Stalin found out that his attempts were in vain because of the airlifts, he re-opened West Berling and took down the barricade. -
The Korean War begins
The North Korean forces move across the 38th parallel and invade South Korea -
The US enters into the Korean war
The US brings additional weapons and soldiers to help South Korea push back the North Korean invaders. -
The hydrogen bomb is created
A more powerful nuclear device is created, known as the hydrogen bomb is developed. -
MacArthur is fired
After defying orders MacArthur is fired, starting up massive controversy within the US -
The Soviet union creats hydrogen bomb
The soviet union coppies off of the American design and ability. -
The Soviets Alliance is formed
The warsaw pact is created to create a military alliance between many of the communist countries -
Mass rebellions
Communist countries in the soviet Bloc attempted to rebel against communism -
The Berlin Wall is built
The Berlin wall was constructed to prevent people from East Berlin from escaping to the west. -
Uprising in Czechoslovakia
Another rebellion started to try and free Czechoslovakia from the communist regime, but it was quickly put down by the Russian Army
