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The Truman Doctrine
President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover -
Marshall Plan
This was a program of economic aid offered by the United States to any European country. -
Cominform
The USSR set up Cominform (Communist Information Bureau) which was the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers. -
The start of the Berlin Airlift
In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins giving massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. For nearly a year, supplies from American planes sustained the over 2 million people in West Berlin. -
Formation of West Germany
The French, USA and UK partitions of Germany were merged to form West Germany -
Berlin Blockade
Russia’s response to the merger of the French, USA and UK partitions of Berlin was to cut all road and rail links to that sector. -
NATO formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed with member states -
The End of the berlin blockade
Stalin admitted defeat and lifted the blockade. -
The Soviets Detonate Their First Atomic Bomb
The soviets detonated a Atomic bomb test Theodore Hall was a spy for soviets that worked on the Manhattan project giving critical info to soviets. -
Harry Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb.
Harry Truman publicly announces his decision to develop the hydrogen bomb. Scientist say that a hydrogen bomb could be up to 1000 times more powerful than a atomic bomb. -
Joseph McCarthy Communism in government
Joseph McCarthy claims that he had a list of 205 communists in the US State Department. -
North Korean forces invade South Korea.
The start of the Korean war when south Korea is invaded by north Korea there has never been a treaty signed still -
General Douglas MacArthur
advocates the use of atom bombs in Korean War. -
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg
They both were found guilty of passing atomic secrets to the soviets -
General Douglas MacArthur
is relieved of his command in Korea. He was relieved of his command because MacArthur made public statements that contradicted the administration's policies. -
Greece and Turkey join NATO
NATO is expanding more. -
Britain has an atom bomb.
Winston Churchill announces that Britain has an atom bomb. -
The Treaty of San Francisco
legally ended the American-led Allied occupation of Japan. -
Joseph Stalin dies
Stalin dies at the age 74 suffering a stroke -
The United Nations, China and North Korea sign an armistice
after fighting in south Korea for years a armistice was signed to stop the fighting ( but like i said before there has never been a treaty signed -
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev is appointed first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. -
First Nuclear Submarine
The U.S. launches the world's first nuclear submarine -
The United States tests a hydrogen bomb
The United States tests a hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands. This was the first test of a hydrogen bomb -
Geneva Accords
This set of documents ended the French war with the Vietminh and divided Vietnam into North and South states. -
civil war in south Vietnam
Civil War breaks out in South Vietnam between supporters of Ngo Dinh Diem and Bo Dai. -
The Warsaw Pact is founded
in Eastern Europe and includes East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. It acts as the Communist military counterpart to NATO. -
Official beginning of the Vietnam War.
The south Vietnam army and the north Vietnam army start a war and the north Vietnam army is allied with the Viet Cong -
over 50 people are killed in Poland in a protest.
A crowd of approximately 100,000 people gathered in the city center near the local Ministry of Public Security building. About 400 tanks and 10,000 soldiers of the Polish People's Army -
Hungarian Revolution
Hungarians revolt against the Soviet dominated government. They are crushed by the Soviet military -
Dwight Eisenhower wins re-election
defeating Adlai Stevenson for the second time in the 1956 presidential election -
Britain's first hydrogen bomb test
Britain carries out its first hydrogen bomb test over Christmas Island. -
USSR Sputnik II
carried Laika the dog, the first living creature to go into space. -
Space Race
many people say that the space race started with the launch of sputnik ll -
The U.S. Army launches Explorer 1
the first American artificial satellite. This satellite was sent out to collect data for 4 months -
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev replaces Nikolai Bulganin as prime minister of the Soviet Union. -
Nikita Khrushchev meets Mao Zedong
Nikita Khrushchev meets Mao Zedong in China and call for an end of all nuclear testing. -
Fidel Castro wins the Cuban Revolution
and becomes the dictator of Cuba. In the next several years Cuban-inspired guerrilla movements spring up across Latin America. -
Explorer 6
Explorer 6 is launched into orbit to photograph the Earth. -
Luna 3
Luna 3 is launched to take photographs of the far side of the Moon. -
France successfully tests its first atomic bomb
France successfully tests its first atomic bomb, in the middle of the Algerian Sahara Desert -
U-2 Spy plane
American pilot Francis Gary Powers is shot down in his U-2 spy plane while flying at high altitude over the Soviet Union -
Nikita Khrushchev travels to New York City
Nikita Khrushchev travels to New York City to address the U.N. General Assembly, beginning a month long visit to the United States. -
John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States.
John F. Kennedy defeated the Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican Party nominee. -
Put a Man on the Moon
John F. Kennedy announces the US intention to put a man on the Moon -
The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba
the most powerful thermonuclear weapon ever tested -
Friendship-7
John Glenn is launched into space aboard Friendship-7 becoming the first American to orbit the Earth -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviets have secretly been installing military bases, including nuclear weapons, on Cuba, some 90 miles from the US mainland -
Mariner 2
Mariner 2 reaches Venus becoming the first US spacecraft to reach Venus and another planet. -
Hotline
The United States agrees to set up a hotline with the USSR, thus making direct communication possible -
The Partial Test Ban Treaty
The Partial Test Ban Treaty is signed by the US, UK and USSR, prohibiting the testing of nuclear weapons anywhere except underground. -
John F. Kennedy is shot and killed in Dallas
Kennedy's vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President of the United States. -
Slow Production of Nukes
US President Lyndon Johnson in New York, and Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow, announce simultaneously plans to cut back production of materials for making nuclear weapons. -
Johnson claims that North Vietnamese naval vessels had fired on two American destroyers
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident leads to the open involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War -
China tests its first atomic bomb
The test makes China the world's fifth nuclear power. -
The Gambia
The Gambia becomes independent from the UK. -
Vietnam war
150,000 US troops sent to Vietnam -
The Soviet Union admits to supplying arms to North Vietnam
Communist Soviet union was supplying arms to communist north Vietnam -
Luna 9
Luna 9 successfully lands on the Moon softly -
Communist China detonates a third nuclear device
The US and the UK become nervous of china -
Barbados
Barbados becomes independent from the UK.
