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Marshall Plan
President Harry S. Truman signs the Economic Assistance Act -
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The Cold War
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Atomic Bomb
The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima -
Truman Doctrine
Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War -
Containment & Iron Curtain
Russia sets up a blockade to contain people in the western part of Berlin. -
Berlin Blockade ends
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Berlin Blockade
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Russia First Atomic bomb is tested
Russia tests there first atomic bomb -
Warsaw Pact
parties of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Hungary, Poland, and Romaniahe Soviet-led political-military alliance in Eastern Europe. -
Sputnik launched
Russia wins to launch first satellite in to orbit during the space race. -
Explorer 1
America launches Explorer 1 in to space -
Cuba
Cuba is taken over by Fidel Castro -
Spy plane shot down
Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory -
John F Kennedy
John F Kennedy is elected President of the U.S.A -
Cuba & Russia
Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies. -
Bay of Pigs
America invades Cuba in efforts to kill Castro -
Kennedy
Kennedy is assassinated -
Czech Revolt
Soviet Red Army crush Czechoslovakian revolt -
Apollo 11
America wins the space race by landing the first man on the moon -
Egypt and Syria
Egypt and Syria attack Israel and Egypt requests Soviet aid -
Nixon
President Nixon resighs -
Russia Invades
Soviet forces invade Afghanistan -
SDI
President Reagan proposes Strategic Defence Initiative -
Russia Leaves
Russia pulls out of Afghanistan -
Cold War ends
The Cold War between America and Russia ends
