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Conference at Yalta
The "Big Three" FDR, Churchill, and Stalin meet and agree on a post-war reorganization of Europe. The Cold War begins. picture: http://smzr1ls9.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/communist-flag.jpg -
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Europe Surrenders
It is the end of World War II in Europe. Picture: http://nativepakistan.com/rare-newspapers/rare-newspapers-end-of-world-war-2-in-europe-may-08-1945/ -
First Atomic Bomb
United States uses the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima. 100,000 people in the disater. Picture: http://www.revcom.us/a/011/burning-hiroshima-nagasaki.htm -
Second Atomic Bomb
United States dropped the second Atmic Bomb on Nagasaki. 40,000- 70,000 people in the disater. Picture: http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/levine/bombing.htm -
Japan Surrenders
It is the end of World War II. Picture: http://history.howstuffworks.com/world-war-ii/japan-surrenders-world-war-2-ends5.htm -
Truman Doctorine
President Truman declares the Truman Doctrine to help aid Greece and Turkey from communism. Picture: http://www.kingsacademy.com/mhodges/07_Special-Documents/Historical-Documents/1947_Truman-Doctrine.html -
Berlin Blockade
Soviet Union blocked off eastern Berlin. Truman and others supplied the city from the air. Picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade -
Soviets first Atomic Bomb
The arms race begins between nations. Picture: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/peopleevents/pandeAMEX53.html -
Warsaw Pact
The countries involved wrote this treaty for friendship, co-operation, and mutual assistance. Picture: http://rachelsglobalblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/nato-and-warsaw-pact.html -
Sputnik I
Sputnik launches into orbit. The space race begins. Picture: http://www.bis-space.com/inf/space-travel -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
Berlin is being sectioned into West and East. The East was controlled by the Soviet Union and the west side was controlled by France, Britian, and the United States. Picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Cuba had many missles pointed at the Untied States. Picture: http://www.learnersonline.com/lol/learners-online/the-cuban-missile-crisis/ -
Apollo 11 lands on the Moon
The space race ends with the landing on the moon. Picture: http://www.bobthealien.co.uk/moonapollo2.htm -
Berlin Wall falls
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Soviet Union Ends
The end of the Cold War was when the Soviet Union fell. Picture: http://sometimesawriter.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/living-through-history-why-our-generation-is-the-luckiest-by-far/
