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The Cold War

By Highsteppers08
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Meeting of FDR, Churchill Stalin - the 'Big Three'
    Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins.
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    Cold War

    A time that will never be forgotten
  • Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech

    Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech

    "Sinews of Peace" Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill - "an "iron curtain" has descended on Europe"
  • VE Day

    VE Day

    Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin
  • U.S. Drop The Bomb

    U.S. Drop The Bomb

    The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima (20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000)
  • Russia Declare's War

    Russia Declare's War

    Russia declares war on Japan
  • U.S Drops Bomb

    U.S Drops Bomb

    The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki (22 kiloton 'Fat Man' kills 70,000)
  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan Surrenders

    Japanese surrender End of World War II
  • Truman

    Truman

    Truman demands Russia leave Iran
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War
  • Berlin Blockade Begins

    Berlin Blockade Begins

  • NATO

    NATO

    NATO ratified
  • Berlin Blockade ends

    Berlin Blockade ends

  • H-bomb

    H-bomb

    Truman approved H-bomb development
  • Korea War

    Korea War

    Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons
  • Korea war ends

    Korea war ends

  • Sputnik II

    launched and laika died in space.

  • Sputnik

    Launched into the orbit.
  • John F Kennedy elected president

    John F Kennedy elected president