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The Yalta Conference
It was a meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin to decide what would happen after the end of WWII. At Yalta, Roosevelt and Churchill discussed with Stalin the conditions under which the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan and all three agreed that, in exchange for potentially crucial Soviet participation in the Pacific theater, the Soviets would be granted a sphere of influence in Manchuria following Japan’s surrender. -
V E Day
Europe has a victory because Germany surrenders to the Russian army -
Hiroshima
The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a program offered by the United States of economic aid to any European country. Stain and any Eastern Bloc country rejected it from the very beginning. Even if they considered it they would get severely punished. Therefore this aid was only given to Western European countries. -
NATO
Britain, France, the United States, Canada and eight other western European countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty of April 1949, establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO’s essential purpose is to safeguard the freedom and security of its members through political and military means. -
Bay of Pigs
President John F. Kennedy mounted an unsuccessful CIA-organized ship-borne invasion of the island at Playa Girón and Playa Larga in Las Villas Province.During this event the United States tried to invade Cuba, but failed miserably, making it a big embarrassment for the U.S. -
Berlin Wall
West Berlin was a geographical loophole through which thousands of East Germans fled to the democratic West. The Berlin wall was built by the German Democratic Republic to close borders between East and West Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
It was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. -
JFK Assassination
While on a visit to Dallas John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Harvey Oswald. Even though he was arrested for the murder many believe that he did not act alone. -
Space Race
US Apollo 11 landed on the moon making Neil Armstrong the first man to land on it. -
Detente
This Détente took several forms, including increased discussion on arms control. Although the decade began with vast improvements in bilateral relations, by the end of the decade events had brought the two superpowers back to the brink of confrontation. Both countries stood to gain if trade could be increased and the danger of nuclear warfare reduced. -
Vietnam War
President Richard Nixon orders the Unites States troops to go into Cambodia -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall war torn down -
Malta Summit
The meeting between Mikhail Gorbachov and George H. W. Bush reversed much of the provisions from the Yalta Conference. Many see it as the beginning of the end of the Cold War. -
End of Soviet Union
Russia recognizes formally that it is the end of the Soviet Union. Soviet President Likhalil Gorchachev gives control of the Soviet nuclear missile launching codes to Russian President.
