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The Battle of Berlin
Battle of Berlin. Soviet forces were armed with sub-machine guns, heavy armour, aircraft and artillery, The defenders had old rifles and Panzerfausts. -
Yalta Conference
History of Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference was a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill. Also the Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was when World War II was winding down. -
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The Post War Economy
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First Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. Thousands or more would later die of radiation exposure. -
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Greek Civil War
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The Marshall Plan
The marshall plan was the primary plan for the United States was for rebuilding and creating a stronger foundation for the allied countries. The initiative was named for Secretary of State George Marshall. -
NATO Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is a military pact created in 1949. As a alliance between the US, Britain, France, Canada and many more as a buffer against the WARSAW Pact. -
President Truman approves Hydrogen bomb construction
Article of the event A atomic explosion had just happend that the Soviet Union did. So the US secretly discuss what should they do. -
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The Korean War beginning and end
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Truman signs peace treaty with japan
Signing of the peace treaty
Truman praised the Japanese people. He expressed his pride in having helped to rebuild Japan as a democracy. -
King George VI died
KING GEORGE
He dies in his sleep they think he was suffering from some kind of lung condition. He was just 56 when he died. -
Immigration and Nationality Act
Nationality Actremoves racial and ethnic barriers to becoming a US citizen. Trying to remove rasism. -
Dwight Eisenhower becomes president
about dwight d. Eisenhower
The 34th president of the United States. He was became president in 1953 until 1961. He was apart of many war plan assignments before he became the president -
first atomic submarine
First Atomic Submarine
18 months of construction the first Atomic Submarine was lauched. The name was NAUTILUS also 8 months later it became the first commissioned nuclear powered ship in the US Navy. -
Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East
article.The people believed situations was getting very bad. So they wanted to send troops to the Mid East. -
Soviet satelittle 'Sputnik' launched
NASA SPUTNIK
Launches the space age. Also world's first artificial satellite was about or almost the size of a beach ball. -
NORAD Radar Systam
[clip of the radars ](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv6d9aNW7XE)Located close to the North Pole to detect missile attack from Soviets on North America. -
The Vietnam War
Link to the Vietnam WarVietnam was the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the 20th century. It resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and in an estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths. -
Memorial Colliseum
John F. Kenedy accepts the Democratic nominations for the president. He also gave his speech on that day to millions of people. -
East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall
Sealing off passages between East and West Berlin with barbed wire. East German authorities begin building a wall to permanently close off access to the West. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
history on Cuban Missele Crisis
President Kennedy did not want the Soviet Union and Cuba to know he had discovered the missiles. He met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem. Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade. -
John F. Kennedy is assasinated
JFK
The 35th president when he was assasinated was in Dallas. He was in the car going through downtown Dallas and shots were fired. -
Charles de Gaulle president withdraws French military forces from NATO's integrated military command
NATO's millitary command.
They were trying to build up millitary structure. Lots of people was dissatisfied with what they saw. -
Neil Armstrong First man to walk on the moon
biograph of Neil Armstrong
He was the first to land on the moon. He was part of NASA's first manned mission to the moon.
