Cold War

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  • WWII ends in Europe

  • Truman Doctrine

  • Soviets attempt to Blockade West Berlin

  • Berlin Airlift begins

  • NATO is established

  • Soviets exlpode first atomic bomb

  • Period: to

    Korean War

    http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/a_us_history/cold_war_timeline.htm

  • Warsaw Pact formed.

  • Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba

    installs Communist government.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • U.S. sends troops to South Vietnam.

  • US and China Establish Diplomatic Relations