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The Long March
The Long March begins for Communist Chinese Forces backed by Russians and the Nationalist Army backed by the Americans. The Long March was the Chinese civil war between Communists and Capitalists -
Mao Zedong gets Elected
Mao Zedong gets officially elected elected as the leader of China. It also that before Mao became the leader of China, the United States lost the war by officialy even though they supported the Chinese Nationalist Army -
East and West Germany is divided
Soviets controlled the east side of Berlin and Germany. Americans controlled the west side of Berlin and Germany. -
Hiroshima Bombed
August 6, 1945 - First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima from a B-29 flown by Col. Paul Tibbets -
Nagasaki Bombed
August 9, 1945 - Second Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki from a B-29 flown by Maj. Charles Sweeney -- Emperor Hirohito and Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki then decide to seek an immediate peace with the Allies. -
Japan Surrenders to Allied Forces
September 2, 1945 - Formal Japanese surrender ceremony on board the MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay as 1,000 carrier-based planes fly overhead; President Truman declares VJ Day. -
UN Created
October 24, 1945 - United Nations is born. A conference in San Fransico takes place and the following major countries that attended are UK, USA, China, France and USSR. In total, 51 countries signed the treaty. Poland signed the treaty after the conference. -
Bulgarian Communist Referendum
On December second, 1945, Bulgarian leader Tsar Simeon the second is exiled because he rigged elections to win. Then the Bulgarian revolution began, but failed. The Bulgarian revolution is the first of many Communist revolutions during the Cold War. -
Iron Curtain Map
In 1947, British PM Winston Churchill gives a speech on the Iron Curtain.
This is a map of the Iron Curtain which divides Europe between Eastern Communist and Western Capitalists. -
1947 - Truman Doctrine
President Harry S Truman gives the Doctrine Speech and gets Turkey and Greece to become capitalists as well as any other country that is willing to fight for capitalism. -
Isreal Arabic War and Map
In the year of 1948-50, Israel was created, but many Arabic countries were not proud to see Israel take away some of their land. So another conflict began and then it turned into the Arab-Israeli War -
Berlin Blockade Airllift Crisis Begins
On June 24, 1948 to May 12,1949, the Berlin Blockade Airlift crisis began when Allied forces controlling their sectors of Berlin started airlifting supplies into Germany. -
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is formed
On April 9 1949, a treaty is signed and it creates NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) which was tasked with helping nations from external parties. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift Crisis ends
From June 24, 1948–12 May 1949, Allied Forces were airlifting supplies over to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control, giving western powers the decision for the Soviet controlled zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the Soviets practical control over the entire city. -
Russia Tests First Atomic Bomb
On August 29, 1949, the Russians successfully test their first atomic bomb, and then they start to test other bombs. the most powerful bomb that they test was Tsar Bomba. -
China Officially becomes known as People's Republic of China
On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaims that China will be know known as the People's republic of China. It is later that India, Burma and many other countries willl recognize the People's republic of China instead of the Republic of China -
North Korea Invades South Korea
For the first time, North Korean invades south Korea, and the US and UN are involved. This is the second time for a country to invade South Korea in a short time. -
Invasion of North Korea
Between the 25 of June 1950, to October 7, 1950, ROK (Republic of Korea (South Korean Army)) repells the communist invaders back to the 38th Parallel. On October 7, the UN Crosses into North Korea, which prevokes the Chinese and Russians. -
The Armistice
On the 25 June, 1950 after two years of fighting and attemps at peace, all sides signed an agreement to suspend fighting, which ended the Korean conflict, but the Korean War still continues. -
Suez Crisis
On the 29th of October, 1956, the Suez Crisis begins. It began as a conflict between Egypt and Israel, but then the UK and France teamed up with Israel and they fought the Egyptian army in 1956. -
Sino-Soviet Split Date Unknown
The Sino-Soviet Split was a treaty signed by Mao Zedong of China and Nikita Khrushchev, were the two of them signed a treaty to be international allies, but they were privately ideological enemies. This caused communism in the USSR to collapse. -
Detente 1962-1979
the 1962-79 Detente was the alignment of third countries supporting either the Communist Russians or Capitalist Americans. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
From October 14–28, 1962, Communist Russians back Fidel Castro and supply him nuclear weapons. This was the turning point of the Cold War because the Americans had nukes in Italy and Turkey. -
Prague Spring 1968
In 1948, a coup was staged in Czechoslovak which turned it into a Democratic Socialist Country. In the spring of 1968, date unknown, Communist USSR soldiers invades the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and turns it into a communist country. -
1973 Oil Crisis
From October 1973 to March of 1974, the Oil Crisis began. It began in October of 1973 when member of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) made an oil embargo which suspended oil shipments. -
The Vietnam War
From 1955-75, the US are engaged in the Vietnam War by supporting a democratic South and Communists supporting the North. The war began in 1955 between the French and Vietnamese. Then The Indochina war broke out and the French left.
Then Siagon was captured April 20, 1975 -
Soviet Afghanistan War Date Unknown
In 1979, Soviet invaded Afghanistan to take control of the country and fight the US in a "Proxy War" where two or more countries support countries to fight alongside them against their enemies. There is no direct fighting in a "proxy war" -
The Iranian Revolution
In February, Shah was the dictator of Iran, but the civilians were demonstrating, on strike and were protesting against Shah. In April, Ruhollah Khomeini comes into power and makes Iran an Islamic Republic country. -
1980-88 Iran Iraq War
From September 1980- August 1988, the Iraqi Army was backed by the French, Americans and other capitalist countries while the communist countries backed the Iranian Army. -
Deng Xiaoping
On the 13th of September, 1982, Deng Xiaopeng gets elected as chairman on China he worked with the communists, but turned it into a capitalist because he was trying to save everybody that was dying from famine -
Glasnost and Perestroika
Glasnos was a policy for the USSR to become more democratic that allowed Soviet citizens to complain more openly to the governmnet without fearing retribution. Perestroika was opening up Capitalism and changing the economy in the USSR. -
The Demolition of the Berlin
On November 9, 1989, President Reagan encourages Mikhail Gorbuchev to tear down the Berlin Wall and Reagan also opens up Capitalism. After the Berlin Wall was demolished, thousands of German citizens flee to neighbouring countries for protection -
USSR changes its policies
the USSR was a communist country, but in the late 1980's, it changed to a capitalist country after the fall of the of the Berlin Wall.
