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Yalta Conference
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin get together to decide what will happen at the end of the war. They talk about some topics like: Fate of Poland, United Nations, German reparations, etc. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt dies
Franklin D. Roosevelt died and in his place, Harry Truman took the power, -
V E Day
Germany surrenders to Russia. -
Potsdam Conference
Germany and Austria were divided into 4 as so as the capital of Germany, Berlin. -
1st atomic bomb
An atomic bomb was dropped by USA in the city of Hiroshima. -
2nd bomb in Nagasaki
A second bomb was sended but now in Nagasaki. -
Surrender of Japan
Japan finally surrender from the WWII bringing the end of this one. -
Vietnam's Independence
Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam's independence from France. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Churchill gave an speech where he said this phrase: "An iron curtain has descended in Europe" -
Truman Doctrine
Harry Truman give an speech about the concern of the US to support any country who was "threatened" from Communism -
Marshall's Plan
The secretary of state of the US, George Marshall, gave an speech of an aid plan of recuperation of 13 billion dollars for Europe. -
Berlin Blockade
After the US, Great Britain and France impose market in Berlin, the Soviets block the entrance by cutting off the rails that give to the URSS. -
NATO formed
Ten Western European nations join the United States and Canada to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
Communism in China
Communist leader Mao Zedong was elected. -
Chinese and Soviet Alliance
Chinese leader Mao Zedong visits Moscow to negotiate an alliance with the Soviet Union. -
Korean War
The war between North Korea and South Korea intensifies and began the war. -
Death of Stalin
He died from atherosclerosis in 1953. -
Warsaw Pact
A treaty made by the Soviet Union to protect from the menace of the NATO. -
Space Race
Russia and the US start a competition to see who gets farther in space and misils. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Troops of exiled Cubans tried to invade Cuba with the support of the US. -
Berlin Wall
Was created to separate West and East Germany. -
Cuban Missile crisis
The URSS started putting missiles in Cuba. -
Dissolution of the USSR
The Soviet Union get dissolved.
