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On January 19, 1947, Poland establishes the Poland People's Republic and becomes a communist nation.
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On March 12, 1947, Harry Truman introduced the Truman Doctrine. He started off by asking for aid to help Greece and Turkey to not fall under Soviet rule.
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On June 5, George Marshall, Secretary of State, constructs a program to aid the countries that were demolished due to war, economically. Those countries were found in Western Europe.
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Harry Truman passes the Marshall Plan which gave $12.4 billion to Western Europe Countries
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The Soviets ordered the Berlin Blockade to be put into play. It closed all automobile/trucking routes from West Germany to Berlin. This is also when the Berlin Airlift came into play, when the food and supplies were airlifted to the city.
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The Soviet Union make the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to be the government that should be followed in Korea. Kim Il-Sung
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On April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, was founded by Belgium, Canada, United States, Portugal, The UK, Italy, and other countries. It was created to try to resist and restrain Communism to expand to other countries.
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The Soviets test their first atomic bomb. It catches the eyes of every single country in the world.
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Mao Zedong, on October 1, founded the People's Republic of China. This added to the number of Communist supporters, which means that Communism is growing rapidly and no one knows when it will end.
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On June 25, North Korea invades South Korea which sparks the Korean War. The US, the Soviets, and the Chinese are all involved in a war that seems like no one could win.
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On October 2, The United Nations cross the 38th parallel line and enter North Korea. This causes more conflict between the United Nations and North Korea.
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The United Nations successfully claim the capital of North Korea, Pyongyang. This is huge for the United Nations and anti-communist countries in the war.
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On January 4, The Chinese forces successfully capture the South Korean capital, Seoul. However, the UN forces recapture the capital 2 months later.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were both convicted for suspicion of espionage. They were spreading atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets during and after World War 2.
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Australia, New Zealand, and the United States came up with the ANZUS Treaty. This created an alliance between the three countries in helping each other with their military during the war.
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The Marshall Plan comes to an end as European countries are showing better numbers economically since the start of the plan.
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The UK tested their nuclear bomb during Operation Hurricane. This helped them become the third country that has nuclear power which is huge for the anti-communism side.
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The United States successfully tested their first thermonuclear bomb, called the Ivy Mike. It had 700 times more explosive power than the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima.
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On January 20, Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president of the United States. Richard Nixon is his vice president, and soon will be president in the future.
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Joseph Stalin dies from Cerebral Hemorrhage, which greatly affects the Soviet Union. Georgy Malenkov is his successor, but only for 6 months.
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Nikita Khrushchev becomes the leader of the Soviet Communist Party, succeeding Malenkov after he was forced to step down.
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The US successfully launches the first nuclear submarine. This is a turning point in the technology and advancement in nuclear warfare.
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Translated to English, the Committee for State Secretary, replaces the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs. It was the main security agency for the Soviet Union during the war and was used effectively.
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The South East Asian Treaty Organization is created, made up of 8 countries. SEATO works just like NATO as their focus is to stop Communist expansion, but they have added in the Philippines and Indochina into their alliance.
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10 years after WW2 came to an end, West Germany joins NATO. This is huge because they were once the enemies of almost every single country involved in WW2.
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The Warsaw Pact was created in Eastern Europe. It's known as the opposite of NATO as its made up of the Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, and other pro communist countries.
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The Geneva Summit occurred on July 18, 1955. In this historic meeting, Eisenhower, Edgar Faure, Anthony Eden, Bulganin, as well as Khrushchev all met under the same roof.
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There was a communist insurgence that was taken place in South Vietnam. The whole thing was sponsored by North Vietnam which caused even more tension between the two powers.
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Khrushchev delivered this speech in hopes to De-Stalinize the Soviet Union. It was delivered at the 20th Party Congress of the CPSU.
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In Hungary, there was a revolution as Hungarians tried to revolt against the Soviet government. They are defeated and the country continues to follow Communist rule.
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American Senator Joseph McCarthy passes away from an illness that was worsened due to his alcoholism. He was 48
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On October 4, Sputnik was launched into space, which happened to be the same day as Avro Arrow was revealed. One month later, Sputnik 2 was launched, in which it carried the first living being, Laika
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Khrushchev claims that the Soviet Union has superiority over the United States when it comes to nuclear and missile warfare. He even initiates or offers a shooting match so he can prove his point.
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Mao Zedong has successfully initiated the Great Leap Forward which was a social and economic campaign.
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The United Arab Republic was formed, which is a sovereign state that's located in the Middle East.
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On this date, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created. Due to the Space Race, it would give the USA an advantage but it also helped discover new things outside our planet.
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Khrushchev visited the United States for a total of 13 days. He went to go to Disneyland but he was denied access, but had access to go into SeaWorld.
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Fidel Castro becomes the dictator of Cuba and he inspires the use of guerrilla warfare during his time. This tactic is an uprising to the fighting techniques used in Latin America.
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Explorer 6 was successfully launched up into outer space to take photographs of our planet, Earth.
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France successfully tested their first atomic bomb called the Gerboise Bleue. They tested it in the middle of the Algerian Sahara Desert.
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American pilot, Francis Gary Powers had his plane shot down while he was flying over the Soviet Union. He was flying a U-2 spy plane. This resulted in the U-2 incident and Eisenhower is embarrassed.
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The Pathet Lao revolt, which was a communist revolt, began in Laos. They were successful in gaining control.
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Eisenhower cuts ties between the US and Cuba as he sees them as a legitimate threat. 2 weeks later, John F Kennedy becomes president.
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The Berlin Wall was created by the Soviets. It followed the breakdown in talks about what the future for Germany was going to be.
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The Soviet Union successfully test the Tsar Bomb, which to this day goes down as the most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested by mankind.
