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The "Big Three" FDR, Churchill, and Stalin meet and agree on a post-war reorganization of Europe. The Cold War begins. picture: http://smzr1ls9.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/communist-flag.jpg
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It is the end of World War II in Europe. Picture: http://nativepakistan.com/rare-newspapers/rare-newspapers-end-of-world-war-2-in-europe-may-08-1945/
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United States uses the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima. 100,000 people in the disater. Picture: http://www.revcom.us/a/011/burning-hiroshima-nagasaki.htm
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United States dropped the second Atmic Bomb on Nagasaki. 40,000- 70,000 people in the disater. Picture: http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/levine/bombing.htm
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It is the end of World War II. Picture: http://history.howstuffworks.com/world-war-ii/japan-surrenders-world-war-2-ends5.htm
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President Truman declares the Truman Doctrine to help aid Greece and Turkey from communism. Picture: http://www.kingsacademy.com/mhodges/07_Special-Documents/Historical-Documents/1947_Truman-Doctrine.html
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Soviet Union blocked off eastern Berlin. Truman and others supplied the city from the air. Picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade
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The arms race begins between nations. Picture: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/peopleevents/pandeAMEX53.html
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The countries involved wrote this treaty for friendship, co-operation, and mutual assistance. Picture: http://rachelsglobalblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/nato-and-warsaw-pact.html
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Sputnik launches into orbit. The space race begins. Picture: http://www.bis-space.com/inf/space-travel
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Berlin is being sectioned into West and East. The East was controlled by the Soviet Union and the west side was controlled by France, Britian, and the United States. Picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall
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Cuba had many missles pointed at the Untied States. Picture: http://www.learnersonline.com/lol/learners-online/the-cuban-missile-crisis/
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The space race ends with the landing on the moon. Picture: http://www.bobthealien.co.uk/moonapollo2.htm
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Berlin is not divided anymore. Picture: http://www2.potsdam.edu/bishoprm195/webquest/
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The end of the Cold War was when the Soviet Union fell. Picture: http://sometimesawriter.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/living-through-history-why-our-generation-is-the-luckiest-by-far/
