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Partioning of Germany
As a consequence of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II -
Hitler Died
He killed himself -
Civil War in Greece
was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek government army -
Truman Doctrine Speech
The gravity of the situation which confronts the world today necessitates my appearance before a joint session of the Congress. -
Marshall Plan is announced
The Marshall Plan aid was divided amongst the participant states roughly on a per capita basis. -
Berlin Airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. -
Soviets test an atomic bomb
The atomic explosion, which at 20 kilotons was roughly equal to “Trinity,” the first U.S. atomic explosion, destroyed those structures and incinerated the animals. -
Korean War begins
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
KGB Established
The KGB, an initialism for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti, was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its break-up in 1991. -
Creation of NATO
In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Treaty Organization, 1955. The Warsaw Treaty Organization (also known as the Warsaw Pact) was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 -
Sputnik
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on October 4, 1957.