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Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
A U.S. B-29 supper fortress dropped an atomic bomb on Japan. This was the only use of nuclear weapons of warfare history. -
The Yalta Conference
The meeting took place in Russia at a resort town in the Crimea during ww2. The conference was about future progress of the war and the postwar. -
"Iron Curtain"
After Winston Churchill gave his famous speech he was warned of a threat posed by the Soviet Union. They threatened to put a "wall" between them. -
The Korean war
It all began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The U.S. helped the south side and China helped the nrth side. -
The Space Race
Its origins are in the missile-based nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States. It began August 2nd when the Soviet Union responded to the US's announcement four days earlier of intent to launch. -
Bay of Pigs
A young Cuban nationalist, Fidel Castro, drove his Guerilla army in to Havana and overthrew General Fulgencio Batista. The next two years the US state department and the CIA attempted to push Castro out of power. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Conformation between the US and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile. This was considered the closest the cold war came to a full-scale nuclear war. -
First troops in Vietnam
The first combat troops arrived in Vietnam. They joined 23 thousand american military advisers. -
Soviet invades Afghanistan
The Soviet sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan. It was a watershed event in the cold war. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
Representatives from 11 Soviet republics met in Kazakh city of Alma-Ata and announced they no longer wanted to be part of the Soviet Union. they declared they would establish a Commonwealth of Independent state.
