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World War 2 Ends
Germany Surrenders to the Western Allies. Russia, America and British forces stopped Germany and a great victory goes down in history. -
The Beginning Of The Cold War
The beginning of The Cold War was the beginning of tension, hostility, and competition between The U.S. and The Soviet Union because of something that happened after World War 2. A battle that lasted quite some time that -
Why The Cold War Happened
After World War 2, many countries faced poverty and a lot of pain. Communism was something that appealed to those people and America was against communism. -
Containment and The Truman Doctrine
Harry S. Trumans advisers wnated him to take immediate steps to block the Soviet Union's influence of communism. American government's response to the spread communism was to the adoption of containment. -
Cominform and Tito and Stalin Split
Soviets created coniform, it's purpose was to enforce orthodoxy within the international communist movement and tigthen political control over soivet satellites. Cominformed had an embarrassing setback when Tito and Stalin split, it obliged its members to expel Yugoslavia. It remained communist, but adopted a non aligned position. -
The Marshall Plan
America gave 13 billion dolars in economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of WWII. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
One of the first major crises of the Cold War. Not allowing food, materials and supplies from arriving in West Berlin. -
NATO Begins
The National Atalantic Treaty Organization was created by the U.S., Canada and several other Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. -
Korean War
This war started because the North Korean Communist army invaded the non-communist South Korea. -
Nuclear Race
The U.S. and the USSR, were in a competition to build better nuclear weapons to use against each other. August 1957, the Soviets launched the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile and in October, launched the first Eart satellite
