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Germany Divided
After WWII, Germany had been divided into four zones, each ruled by the US, Britain, France, and the USSR. -
U.N. Created
United Nations was started as an international organization to prevent wars. -
Nuclear Age
US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan beginning the nuclear age. -
Triggered the Cold War
Stalin openly declared the incompatibility of communism and capitalism. -
"Iron Curtain"
Churchill coined this term to describe the boundary seperating communist Eastern Europe from capitalist Western Europe. -
The Truman Doctrine
A US policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents. -
The Marshall Plan
US program to give assistance to help European countries after the war, announced by Secretary of State George Marshall. -
$12.5 billion plan
Congress approved The Marshall Plan only after communists took over Czechoslavakia. -
A New Currency
The Western Allies planned to begin circulation of a new currency in their zones of Germany. -
The Berlin Airlift
Western Allies begin the Berlin Airlift, an operation of flying food and supplies into West Berlin to sustain the whole city. -
Spies
US and USSR began using spies, propaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations to outmaneuver one another. -
NATO
US joined with 10 Western European nations and Canada to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a defensive military alliance. -
USSR admitted defeated
USSR admitted defeat by lifting the blockade. -
USSR tests bomb
The USSR tests its first atomic bomb. -
US developed H-bomb
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USSR developed H- bomb.
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West Germany admitted to NATO
West Germany was admitted to NATO, resurrecting Soviet fears of a strong Germany. -
Warsaw Pact
USSR formed its own alliance called the Warsaw pact, included all of Eastern Europe and East Germany. -
USSR developed ICBM
Soviets developed the ICBM, which was capable of hitting the US. -
Soviets launch satellite
Soviets use ICBM to launch the first satellite into space. -
US launched first satellite.
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US spy plane
A US spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over USSR, and powers spent two years in Soviet prison for espionage. -
The Berlin Wall
Soviets erected the Berlin Wall to seperate communist East Berlin from capitalist West Berlin.
