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Yalta Conference
A conference where Stalin, Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill came together. In the making Stalin wanted territory from Poland. At the end of this the Yalta Declaration Of Liberated Europe was signed. -
Hiroshima
Where America dropped the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan. The after math of the bomb killed 80,000 people and lots more from the radiation of the atomic bomb -
Nagasaki
Another atomic bomb dropped by America on Nagasaki, Japan. During the after math 40,000 people pronounced dead. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Where Winston Churchill went to Westminster College and spoke about communism that split eastern and western Europe. "sinews and peace" -
Marshall Plan
Where America provided aid, sending goods and supplies to western Europe after WWII which ended up giving the U.S. an economic boost -
Berlin Airlift
An operation put together by the U.S. that sent food and supplies to west Berlin via airlift. Many trips where the U.S. flew into Berlin helped them significantly. -
Korean War
Where the North Korean army crossed the 38th parallel. America then entered the war helping South Korea. Issue was " war against the forces of international communism -
Death Of Stalin
Joseph Stalin member of the communist party died at the age of 74 -
The Rosenberg Trials
A couple that were convicted of espionage, accused of being spies. Both involved in secrets with the soviets and their nuclear weapons. -
Genera Conference
This conference was in Geneva, Switzerland where many nations came together to discuss the ended of the Korean war -
Warsaw Pact
The mutual defense organization, a treaty. The Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary, East Germany, etc where all In on this treaty in order to benefit the Soviet Union. -
The U-2 Incident
Where the USSR shot down an American spy plane and to took hostage of the pilot flying the plane. -
Space Race
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin was the very first man to be in space. This was such a competition to see who's technology would advance first -
Bay Of Pigs Invasion
After Fidel Castro and his army take over general Fulgencio the the CIA try and weaken Castro. He ended up taking over which led to lots of people fleeing their homes to not be under power of Fidel Castro -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In Cuba a U.S. spy plane noticed the construction of a nuclear missile made by the soviets. A blockade came which was set up by
JFK with intensions to remove the missile.
