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Hitler invaded the Soviet Union.
Soviet union and the United States formed an alliance during world 2 after Hitler invaded the Soviet union. -
Yalta Conference
British prime minister Winston churchill, U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet premier Josef Stalin agreed on a military plan to end the war. -
Allies defeated Germany.
Allies defeated Germany in June, Stalin established Soviet controlled governments in Eastern European countires occupied by his Red Army, including Poland. -
Germany divided at the end of World War two.
Germany placed under watch, military rule and in divided into zones reflecting positions of occupying armies. -
First tested atomic bomb
United States tested the first atomic bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico. In august U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Japanese cities. -
Winston Churchhill Iron curtain speech.
The iron curtain decended across the European continent behind that line all the anicent states. -
President Truman made speech.
Speech on national television stating that it was, obligation for the United States to support free peoples. -
Marshall Plan
17 Billion in aid for the economic recovery of europe.
Pay the price of peace, or pay the price war. -
Fighting off communist rebellions
Greece and Turkey were fighting off communist rebellions, Great Britain had been supporting the Greek Communists. -
Blueprint of American policy in the Cold War.
NSC 68 warned that Soviet military capability was now, rapidly increase atomic capability. US spending to $50 billion a year. -
New currency in Germany.
Great Britian and the Unnited States announced plans to introduce, new form of money in Germany. -
United States began airlifting suppiles to Berlin.
United States began helping Berlin with suppiles, but at the same time trying to not start a armed conflict with the Soviet Union. -
Soviets creating a blockade of Berlin.
The Soviets closed all road, rail, and water to and from the city. Cut off all suppiles of fuel, power and food. -
United states joins Western nations.
United Staes joines, Westeren nations such as Canada, France, Great Britian, Italy and the netherlands. -
American monopoly ended
Ended when the Soviets created their own nuclear weapon. -
Mao Zedong led Communist
Maos Communist government had allied itself with the Soviet Union, both signed a mutual defense and aid agreement. -
Stalin reopened all routes.
After about a year, Stalin decided to reopen the routes for Western Berlin. -
The Korean war
The war had increased the American alarm over the spread of communism in Asia. -
Soviet Union helps Korea.
Soviet Union provided arms for the North Korea and they then invaded South Korea. US troops pushed north Korean troops back. -
United states more powerful nuclear device
The US tested a even more powerful nuclear device, the hydrogen bomb, -
Soviet Union created a nuclear device.
Now competeing with U.S. to defeat the other in the event of war.
enough power to destory the world. -
Korean war ended
Macarthur called for a all out war against china. Soviest might come in and cause a third world war. Korean war ended instalemate. -
Soviet Union military alliance with East European nations.
Military alliance such as Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania, known as the Warsaw treaty Organization, or Warsaw Pact. -
Hungarian citizns riot back.
The Hungarian citizens rioted back and demanded more freedom from their Communist government . -
Berlin remained a divided city.
The Soviet Union built a wall, called the Berlin wall, which divided the East and West Berlin.To Prevent people from escaping the west.
