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The Cold War
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The End
On this date World War Two officially ended. This is the dte of the official surrender of Japan after two atomic bombs were dropped on cities there. -
Speech of the Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech was deemed the beginning of the cold war by some. this was a greatly moving speech that revealed how bad communism was. -
Poland
Poland was effectively turned towards communism when the Soviet Unoin rigged the voting in the country. -
Marshall plan
The marshall plan was designed to give aid in the form of money to countries so they would'nt turn to communist nations. -
Berlin Blockade
American pilots flew in food to the people of Berlin when food was stopped being brought in by the government -
NATO
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The Soviet's Bomb
the soviets tested their first successful atomic bomb on this date. -
Zedong and China
Mao Zedong was the founder and leader of the PRC, or Peoples Republic of China. Zedong was competing with the leader of southern China for power. -
The Witch Hunt
Sen. McCarthy atarted a "communist witch hunt". He staged catching communists in the act but no names of the alleged commies were ever released. The excitement over the hunt burned out quickly. -
Korean War begins
On this date the Koren War officially began. -
Executions
The Rosenbergs were executed on this date for suspected communist activities. Though these activities were never confirmed and there was much protest, the couple were still killed. -
War Ends in Korea
On this date the war in Korea officially ended -
KGB Established
The Committee for State Security, or KGB was introduced to the Soviet Union in 1954. It was the largest security agency in the USSR until its collapse in 1991 -
war in 'Nam
On this date the Vietnam War officially began. -
Castro
Fidel Castro fully supported the USSR because of his hatred of the American ideas. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviets placed nuclear warheads in Cuba which sparked a conflict that almost led to all out nuclear war. -
Kennedy Assassination
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Austin, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald . There are many theories to why it was done. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The Gulf of Tonkin incident was actually two separate conflicts between the US and North Korea. The incidents were questioned because of the many different accounts of the attacks on the ships and fighter jets. -
Egypt
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Cold War Ends
