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Yalta Conference
A meeting between Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt decided on what happens at the end of the war. Fate of Poland, The United Nations, an German reparations. -
V E Day
Victory in Europe as Germany surrenders to the Russian army. -
Potsdam Conference
divided Germany and Austria into four zones. also German capital Berlin would be divided into four zones. -
Hiroshima
Harry S. Truman was told that any threats of invading Japan would result in major American casualties. Enola Gay dropped a 5-ton bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. -
Nagasaki
The United States drops the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. -
V J Day
Japanese surrender bringing World War II to an end. -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
Churchill speaks and says there has been an iron curtain put on Europe. Separating Europe and Soviet Union. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman helps any countries that have trouble with communist takeover. -
Marshall Plan
Economic aid was offered by the U.S. to any European countries who needed it. But rejected by Stalin. -
NATO Formed
North Atlantic Terrorist Organization. Created with Norway, Portugal, Denmark, United Kingdom, United States, France, Iceland, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, and Luxembourg. -
Warsaw Pact
Formed with East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. -
Sputnik
Was the first artificial Earth satellite. Launched by the Soviet Union. It completed 1440 total orbits around Earth. It took about 98 minutes to orbit the whole Earth. -
U 2 Incident
A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down. It was shot down over the Soviet Air Space by friendly fire. -
Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall built and boarders sealed between East and West Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy demanded removal of Soviet missiles. on October 28 Russia agreed to finally remove them. -
JFK assassination
JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. It was later decided that he was not a lone killer.
