The Cold War

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  • The Yalta Conference

    The Yalta Conference

    February 4–11, 1945
    The Yalta Conference included Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D Roosevelt
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    The Cold War

  • Marshall Plan is announced

    Marshall Plan is announced

    a programme of US economic aid for the reconstruction of post-World War II Europe
  • Soviets explode the first atomic bomb

    Soviets explode the first atomic bomb

    "At a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name, First Lightning." (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb).
  • Warsaw Pact formed

    Warsaw Pact formed

    Definition:an organization formed in Warsaw, Poland (1955), comprising Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the U.S.S.R., for collective defense under a joint military command.
  • John F. Kennedy elected President

    John F. Kennedy elected President

  • Constuction of the Berlin Wall

    Constuction of the Berlin Wall

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    The Berlin wall was made to seperate East and West Berlin.
  • John F Kennedy Assasinated

    John F Kennedy Assasinated

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls

    Both East and West Berlin could cross over
  • Warsaw Pact Ends

    Warsaw Pact Ends

  • Cold War Ends

    Cold War Ends

    The Soviet Union Falls