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Gremany Divided
Allies split Germany into 4 zones by US, UK, USSAR and France. -
Period: to
Cold War
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Un created
United Nations was started as an international organization to prevent wars. -
Triggering the Cold War
Stalin declared incompability of communism and capitalism -
Iron Curtain
Iron Curtain is the separting communist Eastern Europe from capitalist Western Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
US policy of giving economic and military aid to free Nations threatened by internal or external oppenents -
The Marshall Plan
US program that help European countires rebuild it was announced in June 1947. -
Rebuild after the war
announced by secretary of state George Marshall -
Czechoslovakia taken over
congress approved $12.5 billion plan to rebuild -
Berlin Airlift
A massive operation of flying food and supplies into Western Berlin to sustain the whole city. -
New Currency
Western allies began the circulation in their zones of Germany -
Spies
US and USSAR began using spies propganda, diplomary and secret operations to outmanover each other -
NATO
US joined with Western Europe nations and Canada and form NATO a defensive military allience -
Defeat
USSAR admitted defeat by lifitng the blockade -
First atomic bomb
USSAR tested first atomic bomb -
H-Bomb
US developed the H-Bomb -
H-bomb
USSAR developed the H-bomb -
NATO
West Germany was admitted to NATO soviet fears of a strong Germany -
Warsaw pact
USSAR formed Warsaw pact included Eastern Europe and East Germany -
Ballistic missile
Soviets developed a intercontinental capable of hitting the US -
First satellite
Soviets used an ICBM to unch first satellite into space -
First satallite
US launched first satallite -
Spy plane
shot down over the USSAR powers spent 2 years in soviet prison -
Berlin Wall
Erected the Berlin wal to seperate communist East Berlin from capital West Berlin
