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Atomic Bomb
The United States drops atomic bomb on Japan. -
Iron Curtain
"Sinews of Peace" Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchil talks about an iro curtain decending on Europe. This divides Europe even more. -
Marshall Plan
General of the Army George C. Marshall, US Secretary of State announces a plan for economic rehabilitation of Europe. Speech led to the European Recovery Programme. Popularly known as the Marshall Plan. Ultimately the goal was that if governments were stable it would stop the spread of communism. -
Brussels Treaty
The Brussels Treaty - a fifty year agreement of economic, social and cultural collaboration and collective self-defence signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands and United Kingdom. The goal of the treaty was to show that western European states could cooperate, thus encouraging the United States to play a role in the security of western Europe. -
Berlin
Soviet forces in the Eastern Zone of Germany stopped all rail and road passenger and freight traffic between the British, US and French Zones of Berlin and the corresponding Allied Zones in western Germany. This is the beginning of the Berlin Blockaid -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States against the Soviet Union -
Atomic Bomb: Soviet Union
The Soviet Union tests it's first Atomic Bomb. -
China
Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China and establishes the People's Republic of China. -
Hydrogen Bomb
President Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb -
Korean War
The Korean War begins with the Soviets supporting North Korea and the United States siding with South Korea. -
KGB
The KGB is established in the Soviet Union -
Warsaw Pact
By way of reply to accession of Federal Republic of Germany to NATO the USSR concludes the Warsaw Pact with its European satellites - Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania. -
Sputnik
First Soviet artificial satellite Sputnik launched. This is the beginning of the space race. -
Explorer I
United States launches 'Explorer 1' satellite. -
Cutting ties with Cuba
United States cuts ties with Cuba because Cuba is openly siding with USSR -
First Man in Orbit
Soviet Major Yuri Gagarin is first man to orbit earth in space. -
Bay of Pigs
CIA starts invasion of Cuba. This is the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
Berlin Sealed
Police and army units of the German Democratic Republic seal off the Eastern sector of Berlin. Construction of the Berlin Wall begins two days later -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis ends with USSR not send missiles to Cuba and US removing them from Turkey. US continues to blockaid Cuba -
Vietnam
United States aircraft attack North Vietnam for first time following an attack on US base at Pleiki -
Man on the Mon
United States lands man on the moon for the first time. The United States wins the space race and complete President Kennedy's goal of making it to the moon before the end of the decade. -
US leaves Vietnam
The US official withdraws troops from Vietnam. -
Grenade
United States invades Grenada. -
Reykjavik Summit
Reykjavik Summit between Reagan and Gorbachev proposes a 50% cut in long-range missiles. -
Berlin Wall
East Germany announces the opening of its borders including the Berlin Wall and the Berlin Wall begins to come down. -
Russia
The Soviet Union is no more.
