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The United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. https://www.historyonthenet.com/the-cold-war-timeline-2
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This puts the USA ahead in the arms race
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Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war
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The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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The United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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The Japanese surrendered bringing World War Two to an end.
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Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war
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Victory in Europe as Germany surrenders to the Russian army.
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The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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The Japanese surrendered bringing World War Two to an end.
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Churchill delivers his Sinews of Peace speech which contain the famous phrase an iron curtain has descended on Europe
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President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover
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This was a program of economic aid offered by the United States to any European country. Stalin rejected outright the plan and they reprimanded severely any Eastern Bloc country considering accepting aid
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The French, USA, and UK partitions of Germany were merged to form West Germany
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Russia’s response to the merger of the French, USA, and UK partitions of Berlin was to cut all road and rail links to that sector. This meant that those living in Western Berlin had no access to food supplies and faced starvation.
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Russia ended the blockade of Berlin.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation formed with member states Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States
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The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
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Joseph Stalin died at 74. Nikita Khrushchev succeeded him.
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This set of documents ended the French war with the Vietminh and divided Vietnam into North and South states. The communist leader of North Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh while Ngo Dinh Diem led the US-friendly south.