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The Yalta Conference
The Yalta conference occurs deciding the post war status of germany. -
Roosevelt Dies
President Franklin D.Roosevelt suddenly suffers a cerebral hemorrhage and dies. -
United Nations Founded in San Francisco
The united nations Charter is adopted in San Francisco , California by representatives of 51 countries. -
MacArthur Commands
General Douglass MacArthur serves as " supreme commander" of japan as the country adopts a new democratic constitution. -
Iron Curtain
British prime minister winston gives his famous "iron curtain" speech at a college graduation in Fulton Missouri. -
The Philippines gains independence from the United States
Begins fighting communist rebels. -
German Zones Merge
The united states and great britain agree to merge their respective german zones of occupation. -
Truman Doctrine
In a speech later remembered as the truman doctrine, officially establishing the world wide containmentof communism. -
US extends 400 million of military aid
The us extends 400 million of military aid to greece and turkey signalling its intent to contain communism in the mediterranean. -
Marshall Plan
The plan was rejected outright by Stalin and any Eastern Bloc country considering accepting aid was reprimanded severely. Consequently the aid was only given to Western European Countries. -
Forming of the NATO
In 1949, the prospect of further communist expansion prompted the united states and 11 other western nations. -
Death of Stalin
Joseph Stalin died at the age of 74. He was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev. -
East Germans Riot
In east Berlin, a general strike devolvs into rioting as demonstrations begin to demand free electrons from the communist goverment. -
Domino Theory
President Dwight Eisenhower publicly articulates their "Domino Theory" in reference to the threat of communism gains in indochina. -
Forming of warsaw fact
The soviet union and its affilliated comunist nations in eatsern europe founded a rival alliance. -
Space Race
This is where the US and the soviets had an intense rivalvry about space and who can get the farthest first. Soviets started with the lead with soutnik. However when they kept competing it actually brought them together. -
U-2 Reconnaissance Plane
This is where the US’s CIA had a plane trying to spy on the Soviets and the Soviets shot it down and this lead to an embarrassing conference between US and Soviets. (Embarrassing for the US). -
Bay Of the Pigs
The bay of pigs invasion refers tpo the CIA sponsored American attack of the cuban goverment in order to overthrow Fidel Castro. -
Soviets invade afghanistan
The us and the soviets each back a diffrerent side and this led to the US boycotting the 1980 0lympics. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The east german communist leaders insisted that east Germany just needed a moderate change rather than a drastic revolution.
