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George Orwel Coins Term "Cold War"
The famous radio writer who brought the entire United States into panic over his radio broadcast "War of the Worlds" coins the term "Cold War" in his article about man being in nuclear warfare right now against himself. -
Truman Doctrine
Support Greece and Turkey economically and in return they don't become communist. -
NATO
Alliance of nations that would defend each other against foreign attack. -
Nikita Khrushchev
Man who finally got in power to spread communism across the world. -
Revolution of Hungary
Russia takes Poland, Polish workforce fights back. -
Sputnik 1 Launched
Russia wins space race with launch of Sputnik 1. Would later be overshadowed in 1969 when America gets first man on moon. -
New Ruler of Soviet Russia
Nikita Khrushchev reaches top of political power and proves strong as Stalin -
European Economic Community
Inflation response proves effective to European countries. -
Cuba Becomes Communist
Russia overcomes Cuba and becomes a real threat to America. -
Fidel Castro
Communist Leader takes control of Cuba. -
A Clash of Communist Ideology
The Chinese adopt communism, but have a different approach towards it from the Soviet Union. They end up invading Vietnam over it. -
U-2 Spy Plane
U.S. spy aircraft shotdown over Russia. -
Paris Summit 1960
Paris Summit gets cancelled this year after suspicions rise when a U.S. spy plane is shot down over Russia. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed attempt at overthrowing Castro in Cuba by America -
U.S.S.R. Dissolves
Countries slowly start dissolving themselves from the Soviet Union in which ends the Cold War.
