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The Bombing of Hiroshima
In 1945, the US drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/videos http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki -
Communism
The Russians sieze Poland and forces communists rule. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-union-invades-poland -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine, which said that it would stop the spread of communism, was announced. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine -
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift supplied citizens with food and other things for surviving. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-airlift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJQ3n6-oNvs -
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Korean War
The U.S. and U.N. soldiers fight off North Korea. http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war -
First Satellite in Space
In 1957, the Soviet Union Launches the first Satellite (Sputnik I) into space. http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw57VErRjA8 -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The U.S. soldiers fight and land on the Bay of Pigs in Cuba. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban MIssile Crisis was when the US and Soviets were fighting and the US had reason to believe Cuba had nukes. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis -
The President Goes to China
Richard Nixon visits China to try to build back relations with them. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-arrives-in-china-for-talks http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-announces-visit-to-communist-china -
Vietnam Falls
Vietnam gets taken over by communism after surrendering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdR2Iktffaw http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnam-surrenders -
A New Leader
In 1985, the Soviets get a new leader, his name is Mikhail Gorbachev. http://www.biography.com/people/mikhail-sergeyevich-gorbachev-9315721 http://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikhail-Gorbachev -
The Berlin Wall
After struggling years with the Berlin Wall, the East German Communist Party said they could cross the border at any time. After that, they started to tear down the wall. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall -
German Unification
In 1990 George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to reunify Germany with itself in 1994. http://www.dw.com/en/2-4-x-a-short-history-of-german-reunification/a-18679325 -
The Soviet Union's End
In 1991 the Soviet Union ends and all states that were in it were their own state now. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union
