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Potsdam Conference
Truman - Stalin and British divide up Europe. -
A-Bomb Drop
U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. -
First European communist government
First East European Communist government set up in Albania -
Communism Spreads
Communists seize power in Poland. -
Breaks on communism
Truman Doctrine announced. -
Supplies to the skies
Berlin Airlift begins -
Universal task force
NATO is established -
Aero Supplies cease
Berlin airlift stops. -
USSR Explodes their first bomb
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Communists win Chinese Civil War
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Korean War begins
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Korean War Ends
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US Backed Iranian coup d'état
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US Backed Guatemalan Coup
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Warsaw Pact Formed