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D-Day
Troops invaded germany, capturing strategic points -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
US bombs Hiroshima and 3 days later they bomb Nagasaki. -
Japan surrenders ending WW2
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Iron Curtain
Churchill gives his speech "Sinews of Peace" speech which contain the famous phrase "... an iron curtain has descended on Europe" -
Truman Doctrine
Promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover. -
Marshall Plan
This was a progamme of economic aid offered by the United States to any European country. The plan was rejected outright by Stalin and any Eastern country considering accepting aid was reprimanded severely. -
Berlin Blockade
Russia's way to get back at the merging of French, USA and UK patitions of Berlin. They cut of the food supply to Western Berlin, which caused the US and UK to Airlift supplies over the bordersk, known as the Berlin Airlift. -
NATO formed
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation -
End of Blockade
Russia ended the blockade of Berlin -
Korean War
North Korea invading South Korea. -
Death of Stalin
Nikita Khrushhchev succeeded Joseph Stalin after his death. -
Korean War ending
North Korea remained with Russia while South Korea was affliated with the USA. -
Warsaw Pact
East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union formed The Warsaw pact. It's a Military Alliance and it was a response to NATO -
Hungarian Revolution
Hungarian protest against Communist rule in Budapest. -
Suez Crisis
Following military bombardment by Israeli forces, a joint British and French force invaded Egypt to regain control of the Suez Canal, which had been nationalisd by the Egyptian lead Nasser. The attack was heavily criticised by World leaders, especially America because Russia had offered support to Egypt. The British and French were forced to withdraw and a UN peace keeping force was sent to establish order. -
Russia took over Hungary
The Prime Minister Imre Nagy made a World broadcast that Hungary was under attack from the Soviet Union and was calling for aid. -
Space Race
USSR Sputnik II carried Laika the dog, the first living creature to go into space. The race between US and the Soviet Union to race the outerspace which would then lead to the moon. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A force of Cuban exiles, trained by the CIA aided by the US government attempted to invade Cuba and overthrow the Communist gorvernment of Fidel Castro. The attempt failed. -
Berlin Wall
Was to block East and West Germany, mainly the migration from west to east. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A US spy plane, discovered the construction of a nuclear missile in Cuba. President Kennedy set up a naval blockade and demanded the removal of the missiles. War was averted when the Russians agreed, to remove the weapes. -
JFK assination
John F. Kennedy assinated while at a visit in dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder, However they believe there were more that assisted. -
Vietnam War
President Richard Nixon ordered a US troops to go to a cambodia.