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Nagasaki
United States Army Air Force drops atom bomb on Nagasaki. -
Hiroshima
United States Army Air Force drops atom bomb on Hiroshima. -
U.S military
U.S. Military establish the government of Syngman Rhee in South Korea. -
Churchill
Winston Churchill makes Iron Curtain speech in Fulton, Missouri. -
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party wins a majority in the general election in Czechoslovakia. -
klement Gottwald
Klement Gottwald becomes prime minister of Czechoslovakia. -
United Nations
United Nations General Assembly calls for elections in Korea. -
Berlin
The start of the Berlin Airlift. -
Soviets
The Soviet Union blockades road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West. -
Democrats
Democratic People's Republic established in North Korea. -
Bernard Baruch
In a speech by Bernard Baruch the term Cold War is used for the first time. -
Chinese communist
Chinese communist forces capture Manchuria. -
Nanjing
Communist forces in China capture Nanjing. -
Monarchist
Monarchists defeat communists in Civil War in Greece. -
North Korea
North Korean forces invade South Korea.
