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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference takes place to decide what will become of Germany and the rest of damaged Europe. WWII is finally over -
NATO is Created
NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is created to help prevent any more world wars from occurring -
Warsaw Pact is Created
The Warsaw Pact is created as a response to NATO, as it is an alliance of communist countries -
Sputnik is Launched
The Soviet Union launches the first satellite in the world -
Fidel Castro becomes the Prime Minister of Cuba
Fidel Castro becomes the leader of Cuba and makes it a communist country -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The United States' secret invasion of Cuba fails -
US sends troops to the Dominican Republic
The United States sends troops to the Dominican Republic in an attempt to prevent a Communist government -
South Vietnam falls to Communism Forces
The North Vietnamese finally over-power the South Vietnamese in Saigon -
Communism spreads to Angola
Soviet and Cuban forces spread Communism to Angola -
Gorbachev becomes the leader of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -
Non-Communistic government established in Poland
Poland is finally free of its Communistic regime -
Hungary becomes non-Communistic
Communism loses its hold on Hungary -
The Berlin Wall is torn down
The Berlin Wall comes down, which begins the ending of the separation of Germany -
Bush and Gorbachev reunite Germany
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany is able to be reunited. Berlin would be completely reunited 4 years later to become the capital of Germany once again -
Communists attempt and fail a coup of Gorbachev
Extreme members of the Communist party attempt a coup of Gorbachev due to his reform program and new union treaty
