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Atomic bomb
The US dropped two atomic bombs in Japan to begin the nuclear age -
Germany Divided
The Allies split Germany into 4 zones ruled by the US, UK, USSR, and France. -
UN created
The UN (united nations) started to prevent wars -
Cold war started
Commumists and Capitalist started the cold war -
Iron Cutrain
The "Iron Cutain" boundaru seperating Easten and western Europe. -
Truman Doctorine
The US policy giving economic and military aid. -
Rebuilding Europe
US program to give assistance to help Europe rebuild. -
Communist took over Czechoslovkia
The congress aproved 12.5 billion dollar plan. -
New Currency
The Western Allies planned to begin a new currency in the zones of Germant. -
Berlin Airlift
Western allies began flying food and supplies into West Berlin -
Spies for US and the USSR
The US and the USSR began having spies and secret operations. -
USSR A bomb
The USSR dropped its first a bomb -
US joined NATO
The US joined 10 western European nations, defensie military alliance -
USSR defeat
The soviets lifted the blockade -
H Bomb US
The US developed its first H bomb -
USSR H bomb
The soviets developed their first H bomb -
West Germany, NATO
West Gernany was addmitted into NATO -
Warsaw
The soviets formed its own allince called the warsaw pact. -
ICBM
The soviets developed an intercontinential ballistic missle. -
First satellite
The USSR used an ICBM to launch the first satellite. -
US satellite
The US launched its first satellite -
US spy plane
The US spy plane was shot down over USSR, Powers (the pilot) spent two years in a soviet prison. -
Berlin Wall
The soviets ereted the Berlin Wall to seperate the Communist East and the Capitalist West.
