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The end of World War 2
After the U.S dropped both atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki World War 2 came to an end for America -
The iron curtain speech
The iron curtain speech was Winston Churchill's speech of condemnation over the soviet unions policies in western Europe -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy that promised to aid nations that were threatened by soviet expansion which influenced Truman's opposition of Stalin's plan of imposing communism on European nations -
The molotov plan
The Molotov plan was the soviet unions policy to reform soviet alligned cities in western europe -
The Marshall plan
The Marshall plan was an aid by the United States to help rebuild western europe after the war by donating over 12 billion dollars -
The Berlin airlift
Instead of retreating out of the West after the allies sectors were in Berlin were cut off from supplies, they responded by supplying their cities by air. -
The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was the first major kerfuffle of the cold war that the communists won by blocking the allies railways, roads, and canals into Berlin -
NATO
The National Atlantic Treaty Organizations purpose was to protect the members by military and political means -
Soviet atomic bomb test of 1949
With the help of atomic spies and Soviet Alsos, the soviet union conducted their first test of RDS-1 -
Geneva Conference
The conference discussed possible ways to restore peace in Indochina -
Battle of Dien Bein Phu
The battle of Dien Bein Phu was the first Indochina conflict between the French expeditionary corps and the viet-minh -
Vietnam
The Vietnam war was fought between North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the soviet union and its communist allies, and the South was supported by the United States -
The Warsaw pact
The Warsaw pact was established by a mutual defense organization. The Warsaw pact was a collective defense treaty between the soviet union and seven other soviet satellite states -
The invasion of Hungary
The invasion of Hungary was a nation wide uprising of the Hungarian peoples republic because of its soviet imposed policies -
The U2 incident
The soviet union shot down an American spy plane during Dwight Eisenhower's presidency -
Bay of pigs
The bay of pigs was a failed military invasion of Cuba by the CIA -
The Berlin wall
The Berlin wall was constructed between east and west Berlin separating "fascists" from east Germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile Crisis was a thirteen day political stand off between the U.S and Soviet union over the installation of nuclear weapons on Cuba that threatened America since Cuba is only 90 miles away. America took up action to enact a naval blockade to neutralize the threat. -
The assasanation of Diem
The assassination of the president of southern Vietnam was a major turning point in the war -
Assassination of JFK
President Kennedy was shot twice in Dallas Texas by lee Harvey Oswald -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
The passing of the the Tonkin gulf resolution gave President Johnson the power to maintain peace in southeast Asia by any means necessary -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation rolling thunder was a sustained bombing of targets in North Vietnam from 1965 to 1968 -
Tet Offensive
The Tet offensive was one of the biggest deciding battles of the Vietnam war by the viet cong against the allies -
Assassination of MLK
The assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther king took place in Memphis Tennessee by killer James Earl Ray -
Assassination of RFK
The assassination of U.S senator Robert F. Kennedy took place in Los Angeles California -
The invasion of Czechoslovakia
Operation Danube was a joint invasion by four Warsaw pact nations -
Riots at Democratic Convention in Chicago
Vietnam war protesters fought police while the democratic party falls apart over a disagreement on its opinions of occupying vietnam -
Election of Richard Nixon
Republican Richard Nixon won over Hubert Humphrey -
Kent State shooting
At Kent state university, four people were killed by the ohio national gaurd -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
Both South and North Vietnam violated the cease-fire as a result 25,000 were killed in post cease-fire attacks -
Fall of Saigon
The capture of Saigon by the peoples army of Vietnam marked the end of the Vietnam war
