The early cold war

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    Yalta Conference

    The conference was a meeting between the british prime minister winston churchill , The soviet union premier Joseph Stallin and president Franklin Roosevelt.
  • united states first used atomic bomb in war

    A b-29 bomber dropped the first bomb, it wiped out 90 percent of the city and killed 80,000 people immediately
  • russia enters the war against japan

    The soviets shocked them with an invasion of Manchuria, it was so strong that the emperor Hirohito pleaded to surrender.
  • Japanese surrenders, ending World war 11

    After the bombing and a blockade japan's economy becomes horrrible okinawa was captured by America. Us general Douglas Macarthur was put in charge of the invasion "operation olympic".
  • truman announces "truman doctrine"

    A american made foreign policy, it arose from a speech by Truman. Truman was saying they could no longer provide economic and military assistance to the Greek government .
  • Marshall plan is announced

    This was America's initative to aid West Europe.The United States gave 13 billion dollars to help restore.
  • Communist takes over Czechoslovakia

    President Eduard Benes allowed a communist dominated goverment to be organized.
    American officials were concerned with the soviet communist influence in the nation.
  • Berlin blockade begins

    It was an attempt by the Soiet union to limit france , the United States and Great Britain travel
    This one of the first major international crisis of the of the Cold war.
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    Berlin blockade begins and ending

    An attempt by the soviet union to limit France , the United States and Great Britain travel. This was one of the first major international crisis of the cold war.
    it was broken by a major us airlift of vital supplies to west berlin citizens. At the end of the war germany was divided in four sections.
  • nato treaty ratify

    nato meant the North Atlantic treaty organisation , it was created by the United States ,Canada and several western european nations.
    The first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside the Western hemisphere.
  • Soviets explode first atomic bomb

    The code name for the bomb was "first lightning". (rds-1)
    The most concern for americans is their safety, President Truman called for the United States to build up its nuclear and conventional weaspons.
  • Mao Zedog, a communist, takes control of china

    The proclamation was the climax of years between mao's communist forces and the regime of Nationalist chinese leader.
    The Truman adminstration released a "white paper", it was the worst thing to America
  • Warsaw Pact

    This was a treaty of friendship , cooperation and mutual assistance. It was between the Soviet union and seven soviet satellite states and eastern europe.