The Cold War

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  • Nuclear Arms Race

    Nuclear Arms Race

    Started with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, because Russia wanted to make an atomic bomb too.
  • End of WWII

    End of WWII

    Japan signed the terms of surrendor, therefore ending WWII.
  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain

    When Winston Churchill gave his "Senews of Peace" address using the term Iron Curtain.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

  • USSR Succesfully Develops Atomic Bomb

    USSR Succesfully Develops Atomic Bomb

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    This alliance consisted of USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania. This pact was signed two weeks after Germany joined NATO.
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    Space Race

  • Russia Launched Sputnik

    Russia Launched Sputnik

  • Development of NASA

    Development of NASA

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis