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The Cold War 1945-1991

By tab3801
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    The Cold War

  • Yalta Conference Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meeting of the "The BiG Three" Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe

    Yalta Conference Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meeting of the "The BiG Three" Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe

    Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meeting of the "The BiG Three" Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe
  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    Bombing of Hiroshima

    The U.S bomb Hiroshima killing 80,000 people,
  • Japan surrenders to Russia

    Japan surrenders to Russia

    Signifies the end of WW II
  • Korean War begins

    Korean War begins

    Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons.
  • Warsaw pact formed

    Warsaw pact formed

    Mutual defense treaty between 8 communist States of Central and Eastern Europe
  • Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro

    Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro

  • Bay of pigs Invasion

    Bay of pigs Invasion

  • 200,000 US troops dispatched to Vietnam

    200,000 US troops dispatched to Vietnam

  • Cease fire in Vietnam between North Vietnam and US

    Cease fire in Vietnam between North Vietnam and US

  • US and China establish diplomatic relations

    US and China establish diplomatic relations

  • President Reagan proposes Strategic Defense Initiative

    President Reagan proposes Strategic Defense Initiative

  • US troops invade and overthrow regime in Grenada

    US troops invade and overthrow regime in Grenada

  • Mikail Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union

    Mikail Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union

    He initiated a campaign of openess called glasnost and restructuring called perestroika
  • Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to removE all nuclear missiles from Europe

    Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to removE all nuclear missiles from Europe

  • Decline of Soviet Empire

    Decline of Soviet Empire

  • Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows migration into West Germany

    Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows migration into West Germany

  • End of Soviet Union and The Cold War Ends

    End of Soviet Union and The Cold War Ends