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Germany Divided
Allies split Germany into war zones ruled by US, UK, USSR, and France. -
United Nations Created
United Nations was started as international organization to revent wars. -
Atomic Bomb
US dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan, starting nuclear age. -
War Starts
Stalin openly declared the incompatility. -
Iron Curtain
Churchhill coined the term ¨Iron Curtain¨ to describe the boundary separating communist Eastern Europe from capitalist Western Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman Doctrine was a US policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents. -
Marshall Plan
Announced by Secretary of state George Marshall, a plan to help European countries rebuild. -
Marshall Plan Approved
After communists took over Czechoslovakia Congress approved a $12.5 billion plan. -
New Currency
The western allies planned to begin circulation of a new currency in their zones in Germany. -
Aircraft Operation
The western allies begin the Berlin Aircraft, a massive operation of flying food and supplies into West Berlin to substain the whole city. -
Spies
US and USSR begin using spies, progaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations to outmaneuver one another. -
NATO
US joined with 10 western countries and Canada to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a defensive military group. -
USSR defeated
USSR admitted defeat by lifting the blockade. -
USSR A-Bomb
USSR tests its first Atomic bomb. -
H-Bomb
US developed H-Bomb -
Another H-Bomb
USSR developed their own H-Bomb -
Germany and NATO
West Germanywas admitted to NATO, resurrecting Soviet fears of Strong Germany. -
USSR Alliance
USSR formed its own alliance called the Warsaw. -
ICBM
Soviets developed an intercontinental ballistic missile which could hit the US. -
USSR Satellite
Soviets use ICBM to launch the first Satellite in space. -
US Satellite
US launched its first Satellite. -
US Plane Down
A US spy plane (CIA U-2 plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers) was shot down over USSR, and Powers spent two years in Soviet prison for espionage. -
Berlin Wall
Soviets erected the Berlin Wall to separate communist East Berlin from capitlist West Berlin.