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Yalta Conference
Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt went to Yalta.They tried to post influnce the war. -
Ending of WW2
Japan surrendered which caused U.S. to win the war. -
Creation of United Nations
50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference.They deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union,etc. -
Mao Zedong Comes to Power
efforts many thought that the nationalist government was corrupt. they thought that this allowed foreigners to control their country. -
Beginning of Korean War
North Korean invade South Korea. Truman orders U.S. forces into Korea. -
Ending of Korean War
Armistice signed was signed in july. China withdraw from Korea. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Maddox was conducting a mission.The U.S.S. sent aircraft to repel the North Vietnamese attackers and sunk one boat while damaging other enemy vessels. -
Beginning of Vietnam
The president didnt like communism. President Eissenhower didnt want communism to spread throughout the world and come to america. -
Tet Offensive
attack began on a a special holiday. Took weeks for U.S. to take back all captured cities. -
Nixon Visits China
Nixon went to china for an offical trip.Trying to improve relations with a Communist country during the Cold War. -
Ending of Vietnam
Nixons plan worked. America honored cease fire. There was a treaty.
