Atomic Diplomacy

By ChcukWhalen

  • Truman decides to procede with the making of the hydrogen bomb

  • Joe McCarthey starts attacking communists

    Gives speech in West Virginia saying he has a list of 205 communists in the state department

  • The Korean War starts

  • Truman sends b-29 bombers to Korea

    The bombers had the ability to carry the Hydrogen or atomic bomb if needed

  • England successfully tests the atomic bomb

  • The US has the first successful Hydrogen bomb test

  • The Korean War ends

  • The Soviets successfully test their first hydrogen bomb

  • Ike's atoms for peace speech

    Started the atoms for peace program that sent information out throughout the nation

  • The Warsaw pact is agreed to

    Creates the buffer zone between the west and the Soviet Union