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The Yalta Conference takes place.
The Yalta Conference is held and both The United States and the Soviet Union attend to discuss what to do with Germany. East Germany is taken over by the Soviet Union and made into a communist nation. -
World War II is over.
Japan is finally defeated and the tension really starts since The United States and the Soviet Union have no one to focus on other than each other. -
The Soviet Union test an atomic bomb.
What the United States decided to call Joe 1, the Soviet Union is successful at testing its first atomic bomb making two countries in the world with nuclear weapons. -
Korean War Begins
With North Korea invading South Korea, the United States steps in order to stop the spread of communism. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are executed.
Accused of being Russian spies, Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are executed for giving secrets about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. -
Korean War is finally over.
Both North and South Korea agree to end the war and decide to still have the country divided. -
Nikita Khrushchev becomes the leader of the Soviet Union
After Joseph Stalin died on March 5, 1953, Nikita Khrushchev becomes the leader of the Communist Party. -
Fidel Castro takes over Cuba
After overthrowing Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro becomes the president of Cuba, making Cuba an ally of the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs occurs in Cuba.
Trying to stop the spread of communism in Cuba, The United States invades Cuba but fails and Fidel Castro remains in control of the country. -
Berlin Wall is built
The Soviet Union builds a large wall that divides East Germany and West Germany and no one is allowed to cross it. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
After discovering the Soviet Union put nuclear missiles in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy demands they be removed and they are removed thirteen days later. -
North Vietnam wins Vietnam War
Even with the help of the United States, North Vietnam wins the Vietnam War and Vietnam becomes a communist country. -
Cold War ends
Gorbachev resigns as president and the Soviet Union crumbles, officially ending the Cold War.
