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The Cold War Events

By Gengen

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    A meeting between the Allies of World War 2 (namely between leaders President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin) to decide how to reorganize a post-war Germany.

  • The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
    President Truman of the United States gave the greenlight/permission for the first military use of an atomic weapon upon Hiroshima in Japan in hopes to ending the last branching conflict of the Second World War.

  • The Iron Curtain

    The Iron Curtain
    A symbolic description of an event described by Winston Churchill of the boundry dividing Europe into two separated areas.

  • Concept of Marshall Plan

    Concept of Marshall Plan
    The concept of Marshall Plan providing econimic resources to help out areas affected by war in Western European countries.

  • Marshall Plan signed into effect

    Marshall Plan signed into effect
    President Truman signs the completed Marshall Plan.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin orders a blockade of resources to try to starve the opposing forces (French, American, and British) this results the three Western Super Powers to start the Berlin Airlift by dropping resources/food from the air.

  • Red Scare

    Red Scare
    Founding/Naming of multiple American celeberties being tied and part of the Communist party.

  • Signing of the Mutual Security Act

    Signing of the Mutual Security Act
    President Truman signs the Mutual Security Act which focused on supporting via military aide to "free peoples".

  • Operation Hurricane

    Operation Hurricane
    The United Kingdom tests out their atomic bomb in Operation Hurricane making them the third nuclear power in the world.

  • The 34th President Elected

    The 34th President Elected
    Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th President of the United States.

  • Baghdad Pact

    Baghdad Pact
    Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom come up with the Baghdad Pact which helps to stop/halt Communist expansion and gain in the Middle Eastern countries.

  • Hungarian Revolution

    Hungarian Revolution
    Hungarian citizens try to revolt against Soviet government only to get crushed by Soviet forces who reinstate a Communist government.

  • The Cuban Revolution

    The Cuban Revolution
    Fidel Castro comes into power and becomes leader of Cuba.

  • Alliance for Progress

    Alliance for Progress
    Latin America starts to recieve aid from the United States.

  • John F. Kennedy's Death

    John F. Kennedy's Death
    John F. Kennedy is assassinated by one Lee Harvey Oswald. President Kennedy's vice president Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President of the United States. Conspiracy theories on the nature of President Kennedy's death from Communist countries involvement to that of the United State's own CIA being involved spring up.