cody's cold war

truman suddenly became president after the death of roosevelt

Apr 12, 1945

cold war

Period: Aug 9, 1945 to Apr 13, 1990

$400 million

Mar 12, 1947

truman asked congress for $400 million in economic and milatary aid for greese and turkey.

N.A.T.O

Apr 4, 1949

Nato group created to protect countries from the soviet union.

korean war

Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jun 30, 1954

Mac arthur counterattack

Sep 15, 1950

Americans ran a supprise attack on inchon korea. About half the korean force surrendered the rest ran for the 38th parralel. This was done in an attempt control the war so it did not spread to china or the soviet.

macarthur

Apr 11, 1951

Truman firred macarthur because of disagrements about nuclear warfare

Stalin's death

Mar 5, 1953

First H-bomb

Nov 1, 1953

H bomb testthe first hydrogen bomb was tested in the pacific

west germany

Apr 20, 1955

west germany was allowed to rearm and join nato, this made the soviets fearfull

Hungrian uprising

Nov 15, 1956

soviet tanks invadee hungary and killed about 30,000 hungarians. the hungians had only pistols and bottles.

sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

soviets launched the sputnik the worlds first artificial satellite. this satellite circles the earth every 96 minutes moving at 18,000 mph. This was a big step for the soviets because they were trying to beat the U.S on everything.

bay of pigs

Apr 17, 1961

1,300 to 1,500 cuban exiles supported by the U.S milatary landed on the islands southern coast at bahia de cochinos.

vietnam war

Period: Jan 1, 1963 to Dec 31, 1973

Kenedy was assinated

Nov 2, 1963

kenady was assisinated by lee harvey oswald.

oswald was killed

Nov 22, 1963

assisination of lee harvey owswaldoswald Kenadys assasin was killed by jack ruby during a transfer. many think this was a concpericy because if you watch the video you can see many diferent ways of looking at how it went down

jimmy carter was elected for president

Nov 8, 1976