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Russian Revolution
Tsar Nicholas ii is over thrown by the people Mar 8, 1917 – Nov 7, 1917 -
Potsdam Conference
A meeting of mutual concessions to determine the treatment of Germany after the war Jul 17, 1945 – Aug 2, 1945 -
Hiroshima
The nuke little boy is dropped -
Nagasaki
The city of Nagasaki is destroyed by the nuke Fat man -
The Iron Curtain Speech
A speech by Winston Churchill that warned of the descending "Iron curtain" descending upon Europe -
Molotov Plan
A plan instituted by the Soviet Union to rebuild parts of Europe after the war -
Truman Doctrine
The American policy to contain the spread of communism -
Hollywood 10
Ten famous actors producers and other figure of importance in hollywood are convicted for refusing to inform the government of possible communist scheming or espoinge within hollywood -
Marshall Plan
America's Promise to send financial aid to any country fighting the spread of communism. Through this they sent over 13 billion dollars in loans to different countries. -
Berlin Airlift
A massive undertaking by the USA to stop the SU's attempt at chocking out berlin by airlifting in massive amounts of supplies -
Berlin Blockade
An attempt of the Soviet Union to kill off Germany's Capital Berlin by preventing any resources and people from entering or exiting -
NATO is formed
The North, Atlantic, Treaty, Organization is formed to protect smaller nations from a war with the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Blockade Is destroyed
The Blockade is lifted after a long Stalemate -
First Soviet Bomb test
The soviet's successfully test their first atomic bomb -
Alger Hiss case
Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury and espionage -
Start of the Korean war
America enters Korea in an attempt to uphold its promise of containment to stop the spread of communism -
Rosenberg trial
The Rosenberg's were tried and convicted of espionage. -
End of the Korean War
The War is brought to an end after an armistice is reached -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The final decisive battle of the first Indochina war -
Army-McCarthy hearings
A series of conferences to cross reference the overlapping between the United States army and McCarthy himself -
Geneva Conference
A meeting of several nations to discuss the proper treatment of civilians and POWs during international conflict -
Warsaw Pact
An alliance of communist nations forms to rival NATO -
Hungarian Revolution
A revolution in hungary to overthrow its oppressive goverment -
U2 Incident
A US spy plane is shot down over soviet airspace -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The USA plans a invasion of cuba however it fails as the US refused to send air support -
Berlin Wall
A wall is constructed to prevent Berlin's citizens from leaving -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A tense series of debates and political arguments after the SU puts missiles in Cuba -
Assassination of Diem
Diem is assassinated as a result of almost unanimous dislike amongst the vietnamese people -
Assassination of JFK
President JFK is shot from while in his presidential motercade -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
President Johnson is given a level of power some consider unreasonable as a result of the events in the tonkin gulf -
Operation Rolling Thunder
A proposed short term plan to bomb strategic targets in vietnam however it would have great collateral damage and last for years -
Tet Offensive
A large coordinated series of attacks that would force the USA to scale back its war efforts -
Assassination of MLK
MLK jr a clergyman, civil rights leader, and outspoken anti war advocate was assassinated -
Assassination of RFK
After winning the california primary the presidential candidate RFK was killed at the ambassador hotel in Los Angeles -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Officially named operation Dubane. Warshaw forces fro 5 difrent countries invade Czechoslovakia -
Riots of Democratic convention
A period of violence were anti vietnam war protesters battled police in the streets of Chicago -
Election of Nixon
The 46th president Richard Nixon is elected -
Kent State
Several nonviolent protesters are shot leaving four dead and several injured for protesting the vietnam war -
Nixon visits China
Nixon visits China in an attempt to form a better relationship between America and China -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
Nixon declare a ceasefire in vietnam finally ending the war -
Fall of Saigon
After the American troops retract from Vietnam communist forces take control of Saigon -
Reagan elected
Ronald Reagan wins the election becoming the 40th president of the United States -
SDI announced
The Strategic Defense Initiative nicknamed star wars is announced leading the world to believe that America has successfully built a satellite based defense grid making them impenetrable by nuclear missiles -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
At the Geneva Conference Reagan and Gorbachev began to talk and they make progress towards building a cooperative state between the two countries -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
At the base of the Berlin Wall Reagan turns the eye of global attention when he challenges Gorbachev to bring down the Berlin Wall -
Berlin Wall is taken down
The Berlin wall is finally removed
