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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
President Truman gives permission to drop the world's first military use of an atomic weapon against Japan to conclude World War II.
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Russia and Japan enter war against each other.
The USSR declares war on Japan within 3 months of the victory in Europe.
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Joseph Salin orders a blockade of all land routes from West Germany to Berlin.
Salin blocks Berlin in an attempt to starve out the French, British, and American forces from the city. In response, the three Western powers launch the Berlin Aircraft to supply the citizens of Berlin by air.
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The Korean War begins.
North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War.
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The Korean War ends.
An armistice agreement ends the gighting in the Korean War.
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The Warsaw pact formed.
The Warsaw Pact is founded by Eastern Europe and includes East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria and the Soviet Union. It acts as the Communist military counterpart to NATO.
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The Soviet Union launched Sputnik into its orbit.
Sputnik satellite is launched.
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Fidel Castro took over Cuba.
Fidel Castro becomes the leader of Cuba although refrains from declaring the country Communist.
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The Berlin Wall is built.
The Berlin Wall is built by the Soviets.
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The Cuba Missile Crisis happens.
The Soviets have secretly been installing military bases, including nuclear weapons, on Cuba (90 miles away from the US). Kennedy orders a "quarantine" which is a naval blockade, of the island. This brings the US and USSR to the brink of a nuclear war. In the end, both sides reach a comprise.
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The Berlin Wall falls.
The Berlin Wall is breached when Politburo spokesman does not fully inform the procedures of the newly agreed lifting of travel restrictions. He mistakely announces at a news conference in East Berlin that the borders have been opened.
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East and West Germany are reunited.
Germany is reunified.
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The Warsaw Pact comes to an end.
Warsaw Pact is formally dissolved.
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The Cold War ends.
President George H. W. Bush delivers a Christmas Day speech acknowledging the end of the Cold War.
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