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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