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The Yalta Conference
FDR, Winston Churchill,and Stalin met at this conference as World War Two was coming to an end. They discussed important issues such as what country would control certain parts of Germany, and restoring world order after the war. -
Postdam Conference
During this conference, Germany and Austria were divided into four zones. The capital of Germany,Berlin, was also divided into four zones. -
Hiroshima gets dropped
America drops its first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima -
Nagasaki gets dropped
America drops the second atomic bomb, this time on the city of Nagasaki -
Victory in Japan Day
Japan finally surrenders, bringing World War Two to a close -
Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill gives his famous speech about peace, where he acknowledges the fact that an "iron curtain' has come upon Europe -
Truman Doctrine
President promises to help any country that is facing a communist takeover -
The Marshall Plan
The United States created this program to offer any European country any type of economic aid, it was rejected by most of Eastern Europe and only given to the Western European countries -
Cominform
The USSR set up a Communist Information Bureau which was responsible for the creation of the Eastern bloc -
Berlin Blockade
Russia set up a blockade between eastern and western Germany, the blockade kept all of the citizens on the western side from having certain supplies such as food. This lead to the Berlin airlift, which is when the U.S and the U.K sent airliners over western Germany to send food to the citizens. -
NATO is created
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, included countries such as; Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States -
Berlin Blockade is lifted
Russia lifts the blockade -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea, leading to a war -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. -
Hungarian Revolution
In Budapest, it started as a protest against Communist Rule.On October 28th, Hungary became a democracy. However, on November 10, 1956 the Russia took control of Hungary. -
The Space Race
The Soviet Union used their Sputnik II took a dog into space, being the first living creature to go into space. -
Space Race Continues
Russian Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin became the first human to go to space -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A group of Cuban exiles aided by the U.S try to overthrow Fidel Castro, but the attempt failed. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was created to separate East Germany and West Germany -
Berlin Wall Fell
The Berlin Wall was torn down -
End of Soviet Union
Russia acknowledged the end of the Soviet Union
