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1945
‘A’-Bomb dropped on Hiroshima + Nagasaki. USA ahead in the arms race.
http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2012/01/20/friday-image-installing-the-bomb/ -
1946 Long Telegram
Diplomat George Kennan wrote about the strategy of containment in his famous "Long Telegram".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F._Kennan -
1947
Marshall Aid to the west of Europe. Stalin of USSR refused it for Eastern Europe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan -
1948
start of the Berlin Blockade – ended in 1949
https://thecoldwarmeador.weebly.com/berlin-blockade.html -
1949
NATO established; USSR exploded her first ‘A’-bomb; China becomes communist
http://euromaidanpress.com/2017/03/31/why-did-soviet-union-fail-to-join-nato-in-1954/ -
1950
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1952
USA exploded her first hyrogen bomb.
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/nov-1-1952-first-hydrogen-bomb-test/ -
1953
Korean War ended. USSR exploded her first hydrogen bomb. Stalin died.
https://1950ussr.weebly.com/the-h-bomb.html -
1955
Warsaw Pact created. ‘Peaceful coexistence’ called for.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-was-the-warsaw-pact-and-who-signed-it.html -
1956
Hungary revolts against USSR. Suez Crisis.
https://www.local-life.com/budapest/articles/1956-hungarian-uprising -
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1959
Cuba becomes a communist state.
https://reason.com/2013/01/15/the-truth-about-the-cuban-missile-crisis/ -
1961
Military aid sent to Vietnam by USA for the first time. Berlin Wall built.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_in_the_Vietnam_War -
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1963
Huge increase of American aid to Vietnam.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/opinion/what-was-australia-doing-in-vietnam.html -
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1979
USSR invaded Afghanistan.
https://libcom.org/library/soviet-invasion-afghan-response-1979-1982-m-hassan-kakar -
1986
Meeting in Iceland between USSR (Gorbachev) and USA (Reagan). https://sites.google.com/site/szajkofalloftheberlinwall/reykjavik-summit-1986 -
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