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Communists in Russia staged a revolution and seized control of the government, becoming the first country to adopt a Communist system.
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Japan surrendered, ending the war
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The cold war between the United Startes and the Soviet Union began
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Soviet Unio tried to force the democratic troops in West Berlin to leave the city
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North Korea invaded South Korea in attempt to reunite the country under a Communist government.
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Peace agreement was announced and the war came to an end for the United States.
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Communists government controlled all of Vietnam.
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With the fall of the communism in Eastern Eurpoe and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the cold War was over.