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First East European Communist Government
Takes place in Albania, one year later Communists seize power in Poland. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/europe/1965-01-01/communist-rule-eastern-europe -
Potsdam Conference
Truman, Stalin, and British divide up Europe and negotiate terms for end of war https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/potsdam-conf -
Truman Doctrine Announced
A pledge to contain soviet threats essentially to Greece and Turkey http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-doctrine-is-announced -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Meant to secure North Atlantic region http://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/ -
Soviet Union and the First Atomic Bomb
S.U. explodes first atomic bomb, scares U.S. http://www.coldwar.org/articles/40s/soviet_atomic_bomb_test.asp -
SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, created to prevent communism from spreading in this region. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/seato -
Warsaw Pact
Soviets response to NATO, put Soviet Union in charge of military forces http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-warsaw-pact-is-formed -
Geneva Summit
Eisenhower and Khrushchev met and although no agreements were made, this was thought to be the first step towards lesser tension between the two -
First Man-Made Satellite
Soviets launch first man-made satellite (Sputnik I) into space http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/ -
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro becomes leader of Cuba, installs Communist government http://www.biography.com/people/fidel-castro-9241487 -
Bay of Pigs
After a failed attempt at an uprising in Cuba, Fidel Castro took men to an island known as Bay of Pigs and captured troops. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion -
Berlin Wall
East Germany built a wall to prevent Western "fascits" from entering their communist society http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall -
Cuban Missile Crisis
After photographing nuclear missile evidence in Cuba, JFK decided to surround the island with American Vessels to quarantine them from getting anymore supplies. http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Cuban-Missile-Crisis.aspx -
Toops in South Vietnam
In response to Gulf of Tonkin, U.S. commits combat troops to South Vietnam. http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/qt/vietnamtroops.htm -
Vietnam Falls
Vietnam falls to communist forces despite American troops on ground. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnam-surrenders -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail becomes leader of Soviet Union http://www.biography.com/people/mikhail-sergeyevich-gorbachev-9315721#general-secretary -
Berlin Wall Demolished
East Berlin announces relations with West Berlin http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall -
Fall of Soviet Union
After a great number of radical reforms implemented by Gorbachev, the Soviet Union is no more. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union
