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Cold War
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‘A’-Bomb dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
U.S Dropped the "A" Bomb because of the attack in Pearl Harbor -
Start of the Berlin Blockade
It was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control. Their aim was to force the western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the Soviets practical control over the entire city. -
USSR exploded her first ‘A’-bomb; China becomes communist
The NATO was established -
Korean War started.
Korean War started. -
Korean War ended. USSR exploded her first hydrogen bomb. Stalin died
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Warsaw Pact created. ‘Peaceful coexistence’ called for.
It was a mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Sputnik launched.
Comet Sputnik is launched into orbit. -
Military aid sent to Vietnam by USA for the first time. Berlin Wall built.
The Berlin Wall was made to divide two sides of Berlin -
Huge increase of American aid to Vietnam.
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Six-Day War in Middle East.
The Israelis defended the war as a preventative military effort to counter what the Israelis saw as an impending attack by Arab nations that surrounded Israel. The Six-Day War was initiated by General Moshe Dayan, the Israeli’s Defence Minister. -
Yom Kippur War.
The Yom Kippur War of 1973, the most recent ‘full’ war in Middle East history, is so-called because it began on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), the holiest day of prayer and fasting in the Jewish calendar. The Yom Kippur War is also known as the October War. At the time of Yom Kippur, Israel was led by Golda Meir and Egypt by Anwar Sadat. -
Meeting in Iceland between USSR (Gorbachev) and USA (Reagan).
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INF Treaty signed.
It is a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. Signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8, 1987, it was ratified by the United States Senate on May 27, 1988 and came into force on June 1 of that year.