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Cold War

By SamuelJoseph112

  • Yalta confrerence meeting

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

  • Ve Day

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

  • End of world war II

    End of world war II
    Japanese surrender End of World War II

  • Stalin hostile speech

    Stalin hostile speech
    communism & capitalism were incompatible

  • America's Test Baker

    America's Test Baker
    underwater explosion

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War

  • Rio Pact

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

  • Brussels pact

    Brussels Pact organized to protect Europe from communism

  • NATO

    NATO ratified

  • Blockade

    Blockade
    Berlin Blockade ends

  • Truman H-bomb

    Truman H-bomb
    Truman approved H-bomb development

  • MacHurthur

    Truman fires MacArthur

  • H-bomb Britain

    A-bombs developed by Britain

  • Nuclear arms race

    4 Nuclear Arms Race atomic test series of 11 explosions at Nevada Test Site

  • Rand reprot

    RAND report on the "Vulnerability of U. S. Strategic Air Power"

  • War ends

    War ends
    Korean War ends

  • H-bomb

    H-bomb Castle-Bravo test

  • KGB

    KGB established

  • Vietnam

    Vietnam split at 17th parallel

  • Pact

    Pact
    Warsaw Pact formed