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Germany invades the Soviet Union
Hitler invades the Soviet Union is 1941 after they had signed the nonagression pact before the war.This lead the Soviet Union and the United States to form an alliance. -
Yalta Conference
The Soviet Union, Great Britain, and the United States met to plan the end of the war and joint occupation of Germany. Stalin agrees to allow free elections and reconizes each others' influences in the region. -
World War Two Ends
The Allies defeat the Germans in June 1945, and Stalin soon started making satillite nations and spreaded communism. -
Soviet Union Invades
Stalin established Soviet-controlled governments in Eastern European countries with his Red Army. Post war Europe was divdied into one part freedon and one part Communism. -
Germany Divided
Germany was placed under military rule and divided into zones on opposite occupying armies. America was south, Soviets were east, and France and Britain shared the rest. -
Atomic Bomb
The United States successfully tested the first atomic bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico. These would help end the war in the Pacific when the bomb were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchhill delievered his iron curtain speech when he visited the United States saying that behind the line in Eastern Europe was controlled by the Soviets and they wanted all control. -
The Truman Doctrine
President Truman made a speech called the Truman Doctrine which outlined the Cold War policy of containing Soviet communism. The U.S. Congress sent $400 million is aid to Turkey and Greece. -
Greece and Turkey fight off Communist Rebellions
Greece and Turkey have been fighting off Communist Rebellions. Great Britain has been supporting Greece, but need furthr aid from the U.S. which will lead to the Truman Doctrine. -
Marshall Plan
The United States introduced the Marshall Plan to provide $17 billion in aid for economic recovery in Europe. They promoted it in hopes for world peace and stability. -
NSC 68
President Harry S. Truman's National Security Council drafted the NSC 68. It was called the blueprint for the Cold War and stated that the United States had to increase its nuclear program. -
Berlin Airlift
In August 1948, the United States began airlifting supplies to Berlin to help West Berlin and not start an armed conflict with the Soviet Union. -
New Currency in Germany
In 1948, France, Great Britain, and the United States introduced a new form of currency in German. Stalin soon withdrew from the Allied Control Council because the leaders of the coutry did not consult them. -
Soviets blockade Berlin
The Soviets protested the new currency of Germany by blockading all roads, rail ways, and water routes. Shortly after, Stalin cut off all food and supplies to West Berlin. -
NATO Forms
The United States, Canada, France, Great Britain, Italy, and the Netherlands form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO). They formed a military alliance to protect each other from Soviet aggression. -
Stalin reopens routes to Berlin
After almost a year of airlifting supplies to West Germany, Stalin reopened all routes into Berlin. Later, Stalin would build a wall to further divide Germany. -
America's Monopoly ends
America's monopoly on nuclear weapons ended in 1949 when the Soviets successfully perfected their nulcear technology and developed their own bombs. -
Mao Zedong leads into Communism
In 1949, Mao Zedong successfully leads the Communist Revolution in China. They allied themselves with the Soviet Union for mutual defense and economic aid. -
Korean War
The Korean War in 1950 inceased American alarm over the spread of Communism in Asia. After WWII, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel line and China allied with the Soviet Union. -
North Korea invades South Korea
Communist North Korea supplied by the Soviet Union, invaded South Korea and the United Nations sent troops. -
America creates the Hydrogen Bomb
In the battle of weapons with the Soviet Union, America created the Hydrogen bomb whcih was more powerful than the atomic bomb. The Soviets soon followed and made one. -
Korean War Ends
The Korean War instalemates and divides at the 38th parallel line. Communism in the North and freedom in the South. -
Soviet Union creates the Hydrogen Bomb
After the United States successfully tested the bomb in 1952, the Soviets soon followed in the race to make weapons if war was to happen. -
Warsaw Pact
In 1955, the Soviet Union joined Czechoslovakia, East Gernany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania created the Warsaw Pact which is a similar military alliance to NATO. -
Uprising in Hungary
Hungarian citizens rioted and demanded more freedom from Communist government. The Soviet army was called in and executed leading protesters ending with a Soviet style communist government. -
Berlin Wall
Berlin remained a divided city when in 1961, Stalin created the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin to prevent people from escaping west. -
Uprising in Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union stopped a uprising in Czechoslovakia in 1968 similar to the uprising in Hungary.
