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Yalta Conference
Yalta ConferenceThe dividing up of Germany
The formation of the United Nations
German war reparations
The entry of Soviet forces into the Far-Eastern front (Japan)
The final, and most difficult issue, the future of Poland -
US use of Atomic Bomb
The US drops the bomb on Japan to end the war. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Wistson Churchill give the Iron Curtain speech -
NATO created
North Atlanitic Treaty Organaization -
Soviet Bomb
The Soviet Union explode their first Atomic bomb -
Communist China
Mao Zedong takes control of china -
Communstist Witch Hunt
Joe McCarthy begins the hunt for communists in America -
Korean War
US enters war against N. Korea in defense of democracy. -
KGB
KGB formed, this is the agency of intell and secert policing. -
Warsaw Pact
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in eastern communist Europe -
Sputnik
The Space Race
The first orbiting satellite in the world from the Soviet Union. At this time the USSR is more advanced than the US -
Communist Takeover Cuba
Fiedel Castro creates a communist regime in Cuba -
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Berlin Boarder Closed
Boarder between american and soviet sectors of berlin closed -
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Vietnam
150,000 troops sent to Veitnam -
Spy Plane
US spy plane shot down over sviet territory. -
Moon
Apollo 13 lands on the moon -
Cease Fire
Cease fire in Vietnam between US and N. Vietnam -
SALT I
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks -
Iran Hostage
44 Americans in the US embassy held capitve in Iran for 444 days -
Strategic Defense Initiative
Nicknamed star wars, this was to protect US from Russin nukes by using satlights that would shoot them down -
Berlin Wall falls
The Berlin Wall is brought down, uniteing east and west berlin. -
Warsaw Pact ends
The treaty system of USSR is no more -
USSR disolves
Cold war ends, USSR is split into many differnt nations.
