KQ4 Timeline of events

By kenn@rt98

  • Defeat of Germany and Japan

  • Period: to

    The Cold War

  • Yalta Confhrerence meeting of FDR, Churchill, and Stalin (The Big Three)

  • The Cold War begins.

    Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europs.

  • VE Day

    Victory In Europe! Germany surrenders to he Red Army in Berlin.

  • Potsdam Conference

    Germany was officially partioned into four zones of occupation.

  • U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

    20 Kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000.

  • Russia declares war on Japan

  • U.S drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki

    'Fat Man' kills 70,000 people.

  • End of World War II

    Japan Surrenders

  • Emperor surrender broadcast

    VJ Day

  • Stalin Hostile speech

    Communism and capatilism were incompatible.

  • "Sinews of Peace" speech given.

    Iron Curtain speech given by Winston Churchill.

  • Truman demands Russia leave Iran

  • Operation Crossroads

    With Test Able was the first public demonstration of America's atomic arsenal

  • America's Test Baker

    UNderwater explosion

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War.

  • Marshal plan is announced

    Helping countries with diseases, malnutrition, and poverty.

  • Rio Pact

    U.S. meet 19 Latin American Countries And created a secruity zone around the hemisphere.

  • Communist takeover in Chezlovokia

  • Trumans Loyalty Program

    Created to catch spies

  • Brussels Pact

    Organize to protect Europe from communism

  • Berlin Blockade

    Lasts 11 months

  • Nato Ratified

  • Berlin Blockade Ends

  • Russia tested its frist atomic bomb

  • Mao zedong Takes Control Of China

    Establishes it as The Peoples Republic of China

  • Chang Kai created nationilst government

  • Turman Approved H-Bomb

  • Korean War Begins

    Stalin supports North korea

  • Federal Civil Defense Administration established

  • truman fires MacArthur

  • A-Bombs developed by Britain

  • Nuclear Arms Race

    11 Tests at Nevada testing Center

  • RAND

    Report on the vulnerablility of U.S. strategic power

  • Korean War Ends

  • Ikes Atoms for Peace Speech

  • H-Bomb Castle Bravo Test

  • Kgb Established

  • CIA helps get rid of unfriendly regimenes in Iran and Guatamela

  • Vietnam split at 17th parallel

  • Warsaw Pact formed