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Cold War Begins
Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies
US Franklin D. Roosevelt suffers a stroke and dies while on vacation in Warm Springs, GA. -
Atomic Bomb On HIroshima
The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima (20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000) -
Atomic Bomb On Nagasaki
The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki (22 kiloton 'Fat Man' kills 70,000) -
Bizonia
The American and British zones of control in Germany are united to form the Bizone also known as Bizonia. -
$400 mill. Of Military Aid.
US extends $400 million of military aid to Greece and Turkey, signalling its intent to contain communism in the Mediterranean. -
Republic of Korea.
The constitution of the Republic of Korea is effected. -
Blockade of Berlin.
The Soviet blockade of Berlin ends with the re-opening of access routes to Berlin -
Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb.
The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb. The test, known to Americans as Joe 1, succeeds, as the Soviet Union becomes the world's second nuclear power. -
Chinese soldiers capture Seoul
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Greece and Turkey join NATO
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States. -
First nuclear submarine.
The United States launches the world's first nuclear submarine. -
Cuban Revolution.
: Cuban Revolution. Fidel Castro becomes the leader of Cuba although refrains from declaring the country Communist. -
France withdraws.
France withdraws from NATO command structure.
