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The Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a meeting of all the major leaders including Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt. -
V-E Day
This was Victory Over Europe Day. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was a huge meeting to disscus how to split up Germany. -
Hiroshima
The Bombing of Hiroshima was on August 6th to settle ties with The Empire of Japan. -
Nagisaki
Nagisaki was shortly after the dropping of the Atomic bomb, Fat Man. The bomb that was dropped on Nagisaki was called Little Boy. -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
"An Iron curtain has decended on Europe," said Churchill at his famous speech. -
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The Cold War
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Truman Doctrine
President Harry Truman promised to help any country facing Communisim. -
Marshall Plan
The U.S. would help aid the European countries. However, Stalin decided not to be a part of this, so onlt the wester parts of Europe got aid. -
Berlin Blockade
Thsi was Russia's response to tghe merger of the French, U.S. and U.K. Russia cut off all supply line to West Germany. The planes that got food to the tows in Western Germany, were called the Berlin Airlift. -
End of Berlin Blockade
Russia ended the Berlin Blockade. -
Start of The Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea. The Korean War has started this day. -
The Death of Johspeh Stalin
The Death of the Soviet leader, Johspeh Stalin. He was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev. -
Korean War ends
The Korean War fought its last battle! -
The Warsaw Pact
Middle Europe has now combines into the Warsaw Pact. An agrement to combine the countries into one Pact. -
The Space Race
The U.S.S.R launched its firts sattelight into spane, Sputnik II, which also held a dog named Laika. -
Space Race (Cont.)
Yuri Alekseyvich, a Russian Astronaut, was the first human being to be in space. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Forces of Cubans who tried to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. -
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is built and its borders kept people from going in and kept people from going out. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
A United States spy plane reported sightings of a Soviet Missile base in Cuba. They agreed not to invade Cuba but demanded Russia to remove the weapons. They did on October 28th 1962 -
JFK Assassination
The assassination of the President of the United States. He was visiting Dallas, Texas, when a man named Lee Harvey Oswald shot him. -
Vienam War
The Vietnam War Has started. About 150,000troops were sent. -
SALT
Short for Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
