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Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins -
War
Russia declares war on Japan. -
Stalin hostile speech
communism & capitalism were incompatible. -
truman conflict
Truman demands Russia leave Iran -
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition -
Containment
Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies. -
Containment
Russia tested its first atomic bomb -
Truman approved
Truman approved H-bomb development. -
Communist
Joe McCarthy begins Communist witch hunt and loyalty tests -
Federal Civil
Federal Civil Defense Administration established -
Fired
Truman fires MacArthur -
A-bombs
A-bombs developed by Britain. -
Peace speech
Ike's Atoms for Peace speech -
USSR
USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, to suppress demonstrations by workers -
1st ICBM
Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM -
A-bomb
A-bombs developed by France -
Kennedy
President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas -
A-bomb
A-bombs developed by China -
US Secretary
The US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara admits that the US bombing raids had failed to meet their objectives -
North Korea
North Korea captured U.S.S. Pueblo
President Johnson does not run for the presidency and Richard Nixon Elected President of the USA -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 lands on the moon -
Defeated
North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam which falls to Communist forces -
President Reagan proposes Strategic Defence Initiative
U.S. troops invades and overthrows regime in Grenada -
President Reagan resolve problem
President Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe -
Reagan and Gorbachev
Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles -
new president
Boris Yeltsin elected as President of Russia -
reunited
Germany reunited -
War over
End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends
