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The Cold War began
The Cold War began in 1945 when the Soviet Union and the US sparked a dispute. Within this year Russia defeated both Germany and Japan. US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki. In this time President Truman comes into office after Roosevelt dies. -
The Start of the Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade began in 1948 and lasted all of eleven months. -
Nuclear Power & Berlin
The Berlin Blockade ends this year, and the Soviet Union becomes the world's second nuclear power. -
Korean War
The Korean war begsn in 1950. North Korea envades South Korea with support of Soviet weapons. -
A-Bomb-ination
The US explodes their first hydrogen bomb, and Great Britain develops atomic bombs -
Korean War Ends
In 1953 the Korean War ended. The Soviet Union fires their first hydrogen bomb -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was formed that declared peaceful coexistence. -
Cuba
Cuba becomes a communist state in 1959. -
Atomic bombs in France & JFK
France developed atomic bombs in 1960 and John F. Kennedy was elected into office. -
Cuba, Vietnam & Berlin
The Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba takes place. The Berlin border is closed. Soviets build the Berlin wall. US send military to Vietnam. -
JFK & Treaty
JFK was assassinated. The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was ratified prohibiting the testing of nuclear weapons anywhere except underground. This treat was signed by the US, USSR and the UK -
Vietnam & US
The US becomes openly involed in Vietnam providing military support. -
President Nixon
President Nixon is elected into office and extends the Vietnam War to Cambodia -
Yom Kippur and Nixon
Nixon resigns and the Yom Kippur War begins where Egypt and Syria attack Isreal. -
US & China, Afghanistan
The US and China establish diplomatic relations. the USSR invades Afghanistan -
President Reagan
President Reagan was inagurated as the 40th US President -
Strategic Defense Initiative
Reagan proposes the Strategic Defense Initiative -
Soviet Union & Afghanistan
The Soviet troops withdrawl from Afghanistan. The Berlin wall is demolished. Communist governments began to fall and this marks the start of the decline of the Soviet empire. -
Germany
In 1990 Germany is reunified.
The Gulf war begins when Iraq envades Kuwait -
Soviet Union
The Gulf War ends. And the Soviet union comes to a demise.