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Stalin expands his communist empire.
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Churchill and Stalin meet in a nine day conference discussing the war with Germany and the future of Europe. While most concerns were met with compromise, However they found it hard to negogiate freedom. Churchill wanted the smaller countries to be able to decide their own form of government while Stalin leaned towards his own means of government made evident in the Cold War.
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After prisoners tried to escape the camp, they were captured and gassed. This proves that leaders like Hitler could easily brainwash his people into doing whatever necessary to become the dominant country.
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Hitler supposedly commited suicide after realizing defeat.
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Harry Truman addresses Congress asking to aid Turkey and Greece in the fight against communism. Historians believe this to be the declaration of the Cold War.
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Americans fear communist influence in the film industry and some accusations were made causing trials to occur.
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It beomes evident to the rest of the world that Russia was insistent in spreading communism no matter the cost of civilian's lives.
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Russia detinates its first atomic bomb. In this experiment they constucted towns with houses and office buildings and also placed human-like mammals to test the effects.
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The dictator of Russia, Joseph Stalin dies of a heart attack.