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Yalta conference
Agreement to temporarily divide Germany -
Atomic Bomb
United States first used atomic bomb in war -
V-J Day
Japanese surrender -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill delievers Iron Curtain speech -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan is announced -
Berlin Blockade
Berlin blockade begins -
NATO
NATO ratified -
Communist China
Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China -
USSR Atomic Bomb
USSR explodes first atomic bomb -
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy begins communist witch-hunt -
Korean War
Korean War begins -
Rosenberg
Rosenberg executions -
Korean War Ends
Korean War ends -
Vietnam Split
Vietnam Split at 17th Parallel -
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact formed -
Sputnik
Sputnik launched -
Fidel Castro
Cuba taken over by communist Fidel Castro -
U-2 Plane
U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR -
JFK
John F. Kennedy elected president -
Bay of Pigs
Bay of pigs invasion -
Berlin Wall
Construction of the Berlin Wall begins -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Cuban Missle Crisis -
Saigon falls to communism
Saigon, South Vietnam falls to communism -
Berlin Wall Falls
The Berlin Wall falls -
Soviet Empire Falls
The Soviet Empire Falls -
Germany Reunited
Germany is Reunited -
End to Cold War
U.S. and russia sign formal end to the Cold War
