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End of WW II
Germany surrenders to the Soviet army on VE Day. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman will help any country that is taken over by Communist. -
Marshall Plan
The United States will aid any European country avoid disease and poverty. -
Berlin Blockade
Russia cut off all forms of travel to Berlin. Those in Berlin began to starve for 11 months and had to get food via the Berlin Airlift from the United States and United Kingdom. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Created
United States, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom form a treaty organization. -
Atomic Bomb in Russia
Russia tests its very first atomic bomb. -
Korean War
North Korea invades South Korea with Stalin's support. -
Korean War Ends
North Korea continues to affiliate itself with Russia and South Korea affiliates itself with USA. -
Warsaw Pact Formed
Defense treaty created amongst Communist states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. -
JFK Assassinated
John F. Kennedy was killed while driving in a motorcade. Conspiracies arise that Lee Harvey Oswald was not the true killer and it has to do with the communist or the CIA. -
Vietnam War
The United States is also at war now with Vietnam. They send 150,000 troops out. -
Space Race
Neil Armstrong is the first man on the moon in Apollo 11. -
Olympics Boycotted
Russia and its allies boycott Olympics in Los Angeles in reponse to the previous United States's boycott. -
Warsaw Pact Ended
Communist country alliance is now ended. -
Soviet Union Abolished
End of Cold War and end of Soviet Union.
