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The Cold War 1945-1991

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  • Soviet army marches into Berlin; the German capital city falls.

    Soviet army marches into Berlin; the German capital city falls.
    This marks the begining of the Cold War

  • V E Day

    V E Day
    Victory in Europe while Germany surrenders to the Russian army

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
    The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima

  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki
    The United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

  • V J Day

    V J Day
    The Japanese surrender bringing and end to World War Two.

  • Vietnam Independence

    Vietnam Independence
    Ho Chi Minh proclaimed Vietnam an independent republic.

  • British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech

    British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech
    On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill used the phrase the “Iron Curtain” at a speech in Missouri.

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    150,000 US troops sent to Vietnam.

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    President Richard Nixon ordered US troops to go to Cambodia.

  • Carter President

    Carter President
    Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the United States

  • Afghanistan

    Afghanistan
    Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall
    The Berlin wall was torn down

  • German reunification

    German reunification
    East and West Germany were reunited as one country.

  • START

    START
    The Strategic Arms Reduction treaty was signed between Russia and the USA

  • End of the Soviet Union

    End of the Soviet Union
    Russia brought the Soviet Union to an end