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Nuclear Bomb finished WWII
In March on 1944 the U.S Government needed to test the nuclear bomb before using it on Japan. They made the test site, Trinity, in the bombing range of the Alamogordo Air Base. -
Gouzenko Affair
Igor Gouzenko defected from the Russian embassy in Ottawa when he found 109 documents of Russian espionage to steal the nuclear secrets. -
United Nations Formed
United Nations was formed to promote international co-operation. When it was founded there were 51 member states, now there are 193. -
Formation Of NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Orginization is a military defence alliance. It consists member states from the North Atlantic like Canada, USA, and most of Europe. -
Korean War Starts
The Korean is a war between North and South Korea. The UN also stepped in to help stop the war. -
Formation Of The Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a collection of the soviet states in a collective defense treaty. The treaty was disbanded in July of 1991 -
*Vietnam War Starts
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Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was an invasion of Egypt by Isreal, followed by the French and the British. They wanted to regain control of the western control of the Suez Canal and also remove the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser from power. -
NORAD formed
North American Aerospace Defense Command is defense that provides aerospace warnings, air soverignty, and defense for Northern America. It is run by Canada and the United States. -
The Cancellation Of The Avro Arrow
The Avro Arrow is a jet that was developed in Canada as an interceptor jet. But, unfortunetly the program was too expensive to continue so they discontinued it before their review period. It had made 4 jets and 1 93% complete. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missle Crisis was the closest thing that the cold war came to confrontation. Fidel Castro wanted these missles in Cuba so they wouldn't be harrassed anymore, so the Soviet Union accepted his request in private. -
SALT Treaty
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I & II) were between the United States and Russia. They needed to discuss the amount of Nuclear weapons they were allowed and their agreements with them. This took place because of the Cold War. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative was formed to protect the United States from any nuclear missiles launched at them. It was signed off by Ronald Reagan. -
Fall Of The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall devided west Berlin from east Germany and east Berlin. The GDR wanted to seperate from NATO which they called facists. In this case, they cut off from west Germany because they were part of NATO. -
Soviet Union Falls
The Soviet Union fell after they signed off declatation No. 142-H. Which led to creating the Commonwealth of Independant States.