Thecoldwar

The Cold War 1945-1960

  • The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

    The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
  • Russia declares war on Japan.

  • The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

  • Japanese surrender End of World War II.

  • President Truman asked Congress for $400 million in aid for Greece and Turkey.

  • The Soviets blocked all ways into the western part of Berlin, Germany.

  • Blockade was offically lifted.

  • Russia tested its first atomic bomb.

  • Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invades South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons.

  • Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory

  • Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and RumaniaDecline of the Soviet empire

  • End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends