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End of World War 2
World War 2 ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. On 8 May 1945, the Allies accepted Germany's surrender, This day is also known as VE Day. -
Communist coup in Czechoslovakia
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Korean war
This was a war between South Korea (USA) and North Korea (Soviet Union & China). North Korea won and this caused all of South Korea to fall under communist forces. -
West Germany Joins NATO
Ten years after the Nazis were defeated in World War II, West Germany formally joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization also known as NATO. This was a mutual defense group which aimed at helping the Soviet's expansion in Europe. This action marked the final step of West Germany’s integration into the Western European defense system. -
Eisen Hower Doctrine
The doctrine stated that a country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state. -
Eisenhower got Elected
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Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro
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U2 Incident
A Soviet air space shot down one of the Us's U2 spy planes and this created more and more conflict. -
A-Bombs
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Cuban missle crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union . -
Hot Line
Washington-Moscow Hot Line established , also president kennedy was assasinated in Dallas Texas . -
Washington-Moscow Hot Line Established
Hot line was established to reduce the danger of an accident, miscalculation or a surprise attack and also and incident that might trigger a nuclear war. -
Six Day War
This war was fought by Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. On April 7, 1967, Israel attacked the Syrian artillery positions and the Golan Heights, thus taking the first step towards the outbreak of war. Six Syrian MiG fighter planes were shot down during this operation while the situation became worse when Israeli jet planes deliberately started flying low over Damascus. -
Detente
The Dentente was when there was improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. It began tentatively in 1971 and took decisive form when President Richard M. Nixon visited the secretary-general of the Soviet Communist party, Leonid I. Brezhnev -
South Vietnam falls under communist forces
The South Vietnamese forces had collapsed under the rapid advancement of the North Vietnamese. This situation emboldened the North Vietnamese, who launched a new campaign in March 1975. The South Vietnamese forces fell back and the United States did nothing. -
Death of Mao
He died in the early morning due to a long term illness. -
Carter administration
The head of the regulatory agency, Senate leadership, the Carter administration, and even some in the airline industry. This coalition swiftly gained legislative results -
US Troops sent to Lebanon
So the US had an intervention and their was a great amount of political tension between people. -
Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union
After Gorbachev became the leader of the soviet union he made up this thing called glasnost which means that the people of the soviet union could have open discussion of political and social issues -
Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missile
In a surprising announcement, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev indicates that his nation is ready to sign “without delay” a treaty designed to eliminate U.S. and Soviet medium-range nuclear missiles from Europe. Gorbachev’s offer led to a breakthrough in negotiations and, eventually, to the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty -
Berlin Wall was demolished
That night, ecstatic crowds swarmed the wall. Some crossed freely into West Berlin, while others brought hammers and picks and began to chip away at the wall itself. To this day, the Berlin Wall remains one of the most powerful and enduring symbols of the Cold War. -
The end of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War
When Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the reins of power in the Soviet Union in 1985, Gorbachev introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika to the USSR. Also the USSR became Russia -
Communist leaders elected in Poland and Hungary
Remarkably the Hungarians managed the transition to freedom peacefully. In 1990 the first free elections were held and Jozsef Antall became prime minister but he died in 1993. -
Poland and Hungary apply for membership in European Union
Poland and Hunary sign an association agreement to help prepare the countries for candidacy and eventual membership. Most countries do not meet the criteria to even begin negotiations before they apply,
