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Yalta Conference
Februrary 4th-11th: Yalta Conference. This is important because this is when the Cold War began. The URL to the image: http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/world/yaltaconf.html -
VE Day
Victory in Europe. This is an important date because May 8th is the day that Germany surrendered to the Red Army in Berlin. URL to image: http://socialistunity.com/on-9-may1945-fascism-in-europe-was-defeated/ -
Postdam Conference
The Soviet Union, the United States, and Great Britain met to discuss what was going to happen to Germany. After several times of meeting to discuss the fate of Germany, it was decided that Germany would be sectioned into four zones of occupation. URL to image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam_Conference URL to information: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-dpl/hd-state/potsdam.htm -
The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
This date is important in the history of the Cold War because the United States killed 80,000 people by using the atomic bomb. URL to image: http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/16-Apr-2013/iran-does-not-need-atomic-bomb-nejad URL to information: http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/hiroshima_2.htm -
Russia Enters War
This is important because Russia entered into the war to fight against Japan. URL to image: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFlag_of_Russia&h=0&w=0&sz=1&tbnid=zZewaFXCM3IaTM&tbnh=183&tbnw=275&zoom=1&docid=nmb2adwnklAneM&ei=7cGUUsOtOM_toASspIH4Bg&ved=0CAIQsCUoAA -
The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
On August 9th, the United States dropped another atomic bomb. This date is significant becuase the United States killed another 70,000 people by the use of the atomic bomb. URL to image: http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=1064666 URL to information: http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/hiroshima_2.htm -
Stalin's Hostile Speech
The significance of Stalin's speech was that he publically announced that communism and capitalism were not compatible. URL to image: http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/museum/comfaq.htm -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a significant event in the Cold War because Truman promised that the U.S. would provide economic, political, and military assistance to all democratic nations if they were under a threat. Link to image and information: http://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrinehttp://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/museum/comfaq.htm -
NATO Ratified
In April 1949, the United States and 11 other nations established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in order to state that an attack made to one of the nations is an attack made to all of the nations. This is an important event because it allowed all the nations to become one and to help the others if there was an attack made. URL to information: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nato-pact-signed URL to image: http://euobserver.
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Truman Approved H-Bomb
After receiving many different opinions and being told that Russia could develop a hydrogen bomb, Truman approved the development for the U.S. to create a hydrogen bomb. This is significant because the H-Bomb could wipe out numerous amounts of people if it was ever set off. URL to image and information: http://rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/january-31-1950-–-president-truman-approves-development-of-the-h-bomb/ -
Berlin Wall Goes Up
The Berlin wall was built to stop access into the West. This is important because the Berlin Wall stood as the tangible symbol of the Cold War, the Iron Curtain. URL to information: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-wall-built URL to image: http://contemporaryhistoryusj.wordpress.com/2011/11/ -
SALT: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
The United States and the Soviet Union decided to place limitations on some of their most important armaments. May 26th, 1972 is an important date because that is when the first round of SALT came to an end. URL to information: http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/salt1.html URL to image: http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talkswiki/Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks -
Berlin Wall Falls
After being up for 28 years, the evening of November 9th, 1989, the Berlin Wall was being opened to allow people to travel through to get to the East or the West. This is an important event because it went up to divide Europe during the war and it came down to allow people to travel feely again. URL to information: http://history1900s.about.com/od/coldwa1/a/berlinwall_2.htm URL to image: http://www.coutausse.com/#/photojournalism/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-1989/berlin14 -
Germany is Reunited
October 3rd, 1990 was the day that East and West Germany was reunited. This is an important date in the Cold War because the reunification ended the 45 years of division created by the Cold War. URL to information: http://www.history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/October-03 URL to image: http://www.librarising.com/astrology/misc/xenanations.html -
End of Soviet Union and Cold War Ends
In December 1991, the Soviet Union split into 15 different countries which led to the end of the Cold War and the two superpowers. URL to image: http://www.coldwar.org/articles/90s/fall_of_the_soviet_union.asp URL to information: http://hum3bg.wikispaces.com/1991_End+of+Soviet+Union-Cold+War+Ends
