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A week after Truman was elected, he met with Ambassador Harriman and discussed the critical stage of the United States and the Soviet Union's relationship.
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Truman revealed his plan which would incorporate economic pressure to influence Soviet Union compliance.
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The first atomic bomb when off in Alamogordo, New Mexico. When the bomb detonated, the temperature at ground zero was 100 million degrees Fahrenheit.
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The first atomic bomb ever to be dropped in combat hit the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It was estimated that 200,000 people were killed due to the bomb and the after effects of it.
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The United States drops another atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki in an attempt to end the war with Japan.
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After the two nuclear bombs decimated the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan found it fit to surrender.
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Due to Greece's weak military and Britain supposedly preparing to withdraw their troops, the United States began talks of gifting military aid in an attempt to strengthen Greece.
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The Long Telegram was an address given by George Kennan that described what he thought the U.S policy should be towards the Soviet Union and their actions.
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Winston Churchill gave his Iron Curtain Speech, which compared the Soviet Union's expansion to that of Hitler. Their actions were condemned by Churchill in the speech.
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James Byrnes, past governor of South Carolina, sent a note to Moscow that demanded immediate withdrawal from Russia.
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This was a plan released by The United States, which wanted a form of international control to be reached in a multitude of series.
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The National Security Act replaced three independently run services with a single service called the "Department of Defense."
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President Truman gives the "Truman Doctrine" which was the official announcement requesting $400 million to aid both Turkey and Greece.
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Congress decided it to be appropriate to give 400 Million to Greece in Turkey in an attempt to strengthen its economy.
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is a treaty that "signified the beginning of a new era." NATO was used as a force of reckoning against the Soviet Union during the cold war era.
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President Truman relieved General MacArthur from his command of troops belonging to the United States and the United Nations.
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Eisenhower is inaugurated, officially becoming the 34th president of the United States of America.
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Soviet Russia's leader, Stalin, died due to an intense episode ending with a stomach hemorrhage.
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Eisenhower announced the armistice with Korea, effectively trying to end the military action within Korea.
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Possibly the turning point of the entire cold war, the Soviets test their hydrogen bomb (the RDS-6), which measured an impressive 400 kiloton explosion.
