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Yalta comference
Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins -
Stalin hostile speech
communism & capitalism were incompatible -
Containment
Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War -
Containment
Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies -
Containment
Russia tested its first atomic bomb -
H-bomb
Truman approved H-bomb development -
Nuclear Arms
June 4 Nuclear Arms Race atomic test series of 11 explosions at Nevada Test Site -
H-bomb
H-bomb Castle-Bravo test -
USSR
USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, to suppress demonstrations by workers -
Egypt took control of Suez Canal
Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM -
A-bombs developed by France
Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies -
nuclear missiles resolve
President Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe -
unrestricted migration
Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany -
President of Russia
Boris Yeltsin elected as President of Russia -
end of col war
End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends