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The begin of the War
Cold War begins, (YALTA CONFERENCE) -
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THE COLD WAR
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Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" Telegram
Churchill telegram sent to President Truman. -
United States first used atomic bomb in war.
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Marshall Plan is announced.
Churchill & Truman sent aero-aids to Berlin -
Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
This event is important because it took place during the height of Communism in the world. In order to be successful overall, Communism needed to be accepted by all and have a large number of followers. -
Berlin blockade begins
hitler construct around berlin a blockade.
ends in 12-May-1949 -
Nato Ratified
North
Atlantic
Treaty
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Soviets explode first atomic bomb
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Korean war
Was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). -
Vietnam split at 17th parallel
Division between North and South Vietnam was the result of a Chinese proposal at the Geneva Confernce of 1954 which ended the French war in Vietnam. -
Warsaw Pact formed
Was a mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Egypt control the Suez Canal
Egypt's president, Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser, has announced the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company to provide funding for the construction of the Aswan High Dam. -
Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro
Castro is a controversial and divisive world figure, lauded as a champion of anti-imperialism, humanitarianism, socialism and environmentalism by his supporters, but considered by a dictator who has overseen multiple human rights abuses by his critics. -
John F. Kennedy elected President
This election is notable as being the first time in U.S. history that two sitting U.S. Senators (Kennedy and Johnson) were elected as president and vice-president -
Bay of pigs invasion
Known in Hispanic America as La Batalla de Girón, was an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the paramilitary group -
Construction of Berlin Wall begins
Was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic that completely cut off (by land) -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Was a 14-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other -
President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas
Kennedy was fatally shot while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade. -
Soviet troops crush Czechoslovakian revolt
The Czechoslovakian military was slowly showing signs of pushing away from the Soviet Union. -
Apollo 11 lands on the moon
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin -
President Nixon extends Vietnam War to Cambodia
Marks the date of President Richard Nixon’s address to the United States stating that the Vietnam war would be mobilized to Cambodia -
SALT I signed
Strategic
Arms
Limitation
Treaty -
SALT II signed
The primary goal of SALT II was to replace the Interim Agreement with a long-term comprehensive Treaty providing broad limits on strategic offensive weapons systems -
Mikhail Gorbachev ascends to power in Soviet Union
. He was the only general secretary in the history of the Soviet Union to have been born during the Communist rule -
Iran-Contra Affair (arms sold to Iran, profits used to support contras in Nicaragua)
Known as the Iran-Contra affair, because it involved dealings with both the Iranian government and a group of right-wing insurgents in Nicaragua known as the Contras -
Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan
Was under the leadership of Colonel-General Boris Gromov who also was the last Soviet general officer to walk from Afghanistan back into Soviet territory through the Afghan-Uzbek Bridge. -
Berlin Wall falls
The Berlin Walls Was distroyed -
Government falls in soviet union
This declaration acknowledged the independence of the twelve republics of the Soviet Union that subsequently created the Commonwealth of Independent States.
