Coldwar

The Cold War

  • Defeat of Germany and Japan

  • VE day

    Victory in Europe- Germany Surrenders tot he Red Army in Berlin
  • Russia declares war on Japan

  • U.S. Drops atomic bomb

    Drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
    'fat man' killed 70,000
  • Operation Crossroads

    with Test Able was the first public demonstration of Americans atomic arsenal
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman declares active roles in the Greek Civil War
    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-doctrine-is-announced
  • Communists take over Czechoslovakia

    Communists take over Czechoslovakia

  • Korean War Begins

    Stalin supports North Korea who invades South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons
  • Nuclear Arms Race

    Atomic test series of 11 explosions at Nevada Test site
  • USSR sent tanks to...

    Poznan, Poland, to suppress demonstrations by workers
  • The Kitchen Debate

    Krushchev visits the U.S.
  • John F. Kennedy

    Elected President of USA
  • Berlin Wall

    Construction Begins and Borders close
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    had officially happened, almost turned into a war
  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    The international confrontation that led to the U.S. engaging more directly to the Vietnam War

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