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End Of World War 2
Yalta Meeting, World War II ends in Europe. U.S. fires an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Potsdam Conference - Truman - Stalin and British divide up Europe -
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Cold War Timeline
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Communist Set Up
European communist Government set up in Alabania. -
NATO Was Formed
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established. Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb. The Communists win Chinese Civil War. -
Korean War Ends
U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces (the Korean War ends July 27, 1953) -
Warsaw Pact Formed
Warsaw Pact formed. First Summit Meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev. -
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. East Germany builds Berlin Wall. -
U.S Attack on Vietnam
U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic. U.S. commits combat troops to South Vietnam. -
Diplomatic Relations
U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations. Soviet Red Army invades Afghanistan. -
Post-War in China
Led by university students, over one million Chinese in Tiananmen Square demand reforms by the Chinese Communist government. Solidarity forms the first post-war non-Communist government in PolandHungary declares a non-Communist government. East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany. Berlin Wall is demolished. -
The Soviet Union is Destroyed
Hard-line Communists stage unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev. The Soviet Union is abolished. Boris Yeltsin becomes President of Russia.
