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Yalta Conference
A meeting including the leaders of the United States, Great Bitain, and the Soviet Union to discuss post- war period. A consequence from this meeting was that Germany would be divided up 4 ways.
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Hiroshima
US president Harry Truman ordered the military to use an atomic bomb against the city Hiroshima in Japan. It was now known globally that the United States caused this destruction. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Picture: http://www.thehypertexts.com/Hiroshima%20Poetry%20Prose%20and%20Art.htm -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was signed by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States with the mission to resist communist expansion.
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Soviet Union and an atomic bomb
The soviet union successfully creates their first atomic bomb and becomes the second nation after the United States to obtain nulcear weapons. This rises the fear of a possible nuclear war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_atomic_bomb_project Picture: havewenodecency.weebly.com -
Korean War
North Korea invades Souith Korea fighting between communism and democracy.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro takes over Cuba becoming a communist nation. This is the first communist nation which affected other countries that were on the verge of becoming communist states. http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/people/castro-fidel.html picture: http://www.who2.com/17201/photo/15464 -
Berlin Wall
The building of the Berlin Wall begins, this wall is to creat a barrier between west berlin and east berlin and east germany. Nobody could travel from west to east and the wall was highly secured.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
This was an extreme confrontation between the United Staes and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had installed nuclear- armed missiles in Cuba. This was a warning that a nuclear bombing around the globe could begin. Picture: truthinmedia.com http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis -
China Explodes Atomic Bomb
This event makes China the world's fifth nuclear power. This rose the nuclear tension between nations. http://www.china.org.cn/english/congress/228244.htm picture: www.criterionconferences.com -
Man on the moon
Americans were gratified when the United States successfully sent Neil Armstrong to the moon. Proving that the U.S had advanced farther than any other country, beating the soviet union. picture: www.spacekids.co.uk -
Nuclear Treaty
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was ratified to prevent the use of nuclear weapons which relieved nations from a nuclear war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_in_the_Cold_War picture: www.un.org -
U.S retreats from Vietnam
As a result of the Paris peace accords Japan began to release U.S prisoners and eventually ending the war with North Vietnam. This was America's first defeat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_in_the_Cold_War picture: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/07/06/vietnam-war-veterans-have-found-the-enemy/ -
Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan and as a result a year later the United States along with many other countries boycott the summer olympics. http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/history/afghanistan-war.html picture: www.britannica.com -
Berlin Wall is demolished
The citizens of Germany celebrated as they were able to cross the border as they please and could tear the wall down. This was the start of the ending to the cold war. http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/history/berlin-wall.html picture www.thehindu.com -
The Cold war ends
The soviet union cease all operations and is abolished. It also breaks up into independent republics. George Bush, president makes a speech declaring the end of this war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_in_the_Cold_War picture: www.youtube.com
