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Germany Divided
Allies spit Germany into 4 zones ruled by US, UK, USSR,& France -
UN created
United Nations was started as an international organization to prevent future wars. -
A-Bomb
USSR tested its first atomic bomb -
Cold War Trigger
Stalin openly declared incompatibility between communists and capitalists triggering the cold war. -
Iron Curtain
Churchill coined the term iron curtain seperating the east(communist) from western Europe(capitalists) -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy giving aid to free nations threatened by opponents. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a US program to rebuild Europe after the war. -
Conquestadors
Communists took over Czechoslovakia. -
New Currency
Western allies attempted to create a new form of currency in their zones in Germany. -
Berlin Airlift
Western Allies began to create the Berlin Airlift -
Spies
The US and the USSR began using spies and other propoganda -
NATO
NATO is formed. US joins 10 European nations. -
Defeat
USSR admitted defeat by lifting their blockade -
A-bomb
USSR tested its first atomic bomb -
H-bomb
US developed the hydrogen bomb -
USSR Copy cats
USSR also developed hydrogen bomb -
NATO new addition
West Germany was admitted to NATO -
Warsaw Pact
USSR formed the Warsaw Pact alliance -
ICBM
Inter Continental Ballistic Missile is invented by Soviets -
ICBM in Use
ICBM is used to send the first satellite into space -
Spy Plane
A US spy plane is shot down over USSR. Francis Gary Powers serves 2 years in Soviet prison for espionage. -
Berlin Wall