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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
Stalin hostile speech - communism & capitalism were incompatible -
Containment
Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition -
Containment
Berlin Blockade begins lasting 11 months -
Containmen
Russia tested its first atomic bomb -
H-bomb
Truman approved H-bomb development -
H-bomb development
A-bombs developed by Britain -
Bombs tested
H-bomb Castle-Bravo test -
1st ICBM
Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM -
A-bombs
A-bombs developed by France -
nuclear
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratified -
A-bombs
A-bombs developed by China -
Bombing
B-52s Bomb North Vietnam -
US Secretary
The US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara admits that the US bombing raids had failed to meet their objectives -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 lands on the moon -
resolve
President Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe -
agree to remove
Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles -
End of wars
End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends
