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u.s ends ww11 with nuclear bomb attacks against japan
the u.s. unleashes nuclear weapons upon the world by bombing nagasaki and hiroshima,japan to end ww11 -
beginning of the first indochina war in vietnam
pitting france and vietnamese national army agaisnt the communist vietminh, who was supported by the ussr and china -
united kingdom grants independence india
partitioned into hindu and muslim states(india and pakistan respectively), which would result in a massive population exchange and continued violence between the two -
united kingdom abandons palestine, foundation of israel
the un votes to partition it into arab and jewish states giving license to the immigrating jews to forcibly deport millions of arab palestinians from their lands, giving birth of the modern nation of israel -
marshall plan implemented to rebuild european economies
after the war communism was gaining momentum agaisnt cpaitalism throughout europe, due to suffering economics and post-war food shortages. to turn the tide, the u.s also introduced the marshall plan to help rebuild allied nations in eurpoe in order to keep communism at bay, a program which remain in effect for 4 years -
nato established
the u.s and its western european allies establish NATO, as essentially an anit-soviet military alliance. under the agreement, member european nations allow the u.s. to place missles and set up military bases on their soil, within striking distance of the ussr -
ussr partitions east germany
the ussr refuses to allow east germany to be combined with west germany,establishing a communist wast germany state -
korean war
power struggle between north and south korea escalates into war, with the communist north supported by china and the ussr, adn the us joining the south. ends ina cease-fire agreement of the border at the 38th parallel -
warsaw pact established
the ussr establishes its own military alliance in response to nato, known as the warsaw pact, which includes eastern/central european nations under its influence -
berlin walla erected by ussr
Before 1961, skilled workers left east berlin to find employment in west berlin, due to higher salaries and to escape political suppression, berlin was located deep within east germany, but was divided between the ussr and the western allies
