Cold war

By Lilwillie24

  • Yalta conference

    Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
    Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins

  • Europes victory

    Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin

  • truman

    Truman demands Russia leave Iran

  • atomic arsenal

    Operation Crossroads with Test Able was the first public demonstration of America's atomic arsenal

  • underwater explosion

    America's Test Baker - underwater explosion

  • marshall plan

    Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition

  • rio

    Rio Pact - U.S. meet 19 Latin American countries and created a security zone around the hemisphere

  • truman

    Truman Doctrine - Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War

  • Berlin

    Berlin Blockade ends

  • communist

    Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia