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Yalta
American president Franklin Roosevelt, Soviet leader Josef Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill—meet at the Yalta Conference to determine what to do to bring the world to peace after the end of the war.
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Roosevelt Dies
President Roosevelt dies and leaves Vice President Harry Truman to deal with the issues. He had to deal with these issues having little knowledge of what Roosevelt was planning on doing.
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First Atomic Bomb
The first atomic bomb was tested in New Mexico.
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U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The United States dropped a bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Nagasaki
The United States drop a bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/levine/bomb/nag2.jpg
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World War II ends
The World War II came to an end.
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Iron Curtain speech
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave a memorable speech about how the soviets were trying to wall themselves off from the west.
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Bikini Atoll Tests
Idyllic Bikini Atoll, becomes the site of testing of a series of nuclear weapons.
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Berlin Blockade
Cut off rail road access to the capital city located in eastern Germany, in the middle of the Soviet union.
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Soviet Atomic Bomb
Soviet releases its first atomic bomb. This then scares the United States.
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U.S. Ends Japanese Occupation
The United States ends its military occupation in Japan. http://www.shmoop.com/causes-of-cold-war/timeline.html
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Hydrogen Bomb
The United States releases its first hydrogen bomb.
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Soviets have Hydrogen Bomb
The Soviets created a hydrogen bomb 9 months after the U.S. did.
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End of Soviet Union
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The Berlin Airlift
The United States started an 11 month airlift that brought needed supplies into the city by plane.
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