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The Yalta Conference
Britain and the US had different ideas about democracy compared to the USSR -
The Potsdam Conference
Continued on from Yalta Truman and Churchill wanted to see if Stalin had kept his promises. He hadn't. -
US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima -
Iron Curtain Speech Winston Churchill
Stalin had 12 million soldiers in seven eastern European countries giving him lots of power -
Truman Doctrine
Britain could no longer help fund Greece so Truman and the US Government gave Greece $400 million as he felt communism needed to be contained -
Marshall Aid announced
Marshall Aid was where the USA gave Europe $17 Billion to help fund Europe recover from the War -
Berlin Blockade begins
The USSR blocked off supplies to west Berlin -
NATO set-up
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has a system of collective defence where its members agree to a mutual defence in the case of an external attack -
Berlin Blockade ends
Berlin Blockade was lifted -
USSR drops their first atomic bomb
USSR drops their first atomic bomb -
Communism in China
A Communist Political PArty take power in China, 1949. Unable to find specific date but it was October 1949. -
Korean War begins
Korean War begins -
Korean War ends
Korean War ends -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance was a collective defence treaty which was controlled by the USSR -
USSR launches Sputnik
USSR launches Sputnik. This was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. -
U2 plane shot down
A US U2 Plane was shot down in USSR territory after discovering that the USSR had lied about how many missiles they had -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed attempt at trying to invade Cuba in an attempt to overthrow the government -
Berlin Wall construction begins
The construction of the Berlin Wall begins -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The USSR made a military camp in Cuba in order to spy on the US and store their missiles after the U2 plane was shot down. -
China drops their first atomic bomb
China drops their first atomic bomb -
First moon landing
The US land men on the moon before the USSR. -
SALT I Treaty signed
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Agreement was where the US and USSR discussed armament control. Unable to find specific date but it was June 1972.