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Cited as start of Cold War
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Internantional organization to settle world problems and avoid armed conflicts
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Truman demanded free election in Eastern Europe
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"An iron curtain has descended across the continent"
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USA would provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by Communism
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U.S. economic recovery for war-torn Europe
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Germany is divided into 4 zones, East Germany and West Germany
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Blockade to sectors of Berlin
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Carry supplies into Western Berlin
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Military alliance provided mutual help if attacked USA, Britain, France, Canada, West Germany, Italy, Gelgium, Norway. (NATO)
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Race to develope nuclear weapons
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East Germany. Democratic State
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War between North and South Korea
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East Germany. Communist controlled
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Joseph Stalin is dead
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Nakits is elected into office
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Race to get into space
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First satalite in space.
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Second Indo-China War
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Soviets invade and push out most Afghans to Iran and Pakistan
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U-2 spyplave was shot down over Soviet Union
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First man in space
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Failed invasion of Cuba
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Wall Put up to split East and West Germany
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Soviet Union putting missiles in Cuba
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Period of international tension between USA and USSR
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Treat betweent USA and Soviet Union for elimination of missiles
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Mikhail is elected into office
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Germnay reunited as one
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USSR is no more