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The Yalta Conference
Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin & Franklin D. Roosevelt had agreed on forcing Germany for an unconditional surrender and also discussing the future of Germany and Eastern Europe -
Little Boy
United States drops the atomic bomb, "Little Boy," on Hiroshima, Japan, killing 80,000 people -
Little Boy
Unites States drops atomic bomb, "Little Boy," on Hiroshima, Japan, killing 80,000 people. Little Boy was 20 kilotons. -
Fat Man
United States drops second bomb, "Fat Man," on Japan, Nagasaki, killing 70,000 people. Fat Man was 22 kilotons. -
Japan Surrenders
Japan's surrender was made public via radio, hence, ending World War Two in Asia. -
End of WW2
World War Two also ends in Europe. -
Stalin Hostile Speech
This speech was Joseph Stalin's first major speech after the second world war, and said to be the beginning of the Cold War. Stalin declares that a war with the west in unavoidable. -
Iron Curtain Speech
The Iron Curtain Speech delivered by Winston Churchill shows also to what many people believe as the beginning of the Cold War as Churchill explains that an iron curtain has split the continents. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman delivered a speech talking about the Marshall Plan, which was about the US $120 Billion (with today's currency) in order to aid countries and stop the spread of communism. -
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Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was a military operation which bought food and other necessary resources to the people West Berlin as the Soviet Union had blocked all the access to the outside. -
NATO
NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) was formed to strengthen the Western allies to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism into Europe. -
Soviet Union's First Atomic Bomb
Soviet Union's first atomic bomb, "First Lightning" was a 20 kiloton bomb. The Soviets had also placed mammals near the test to see the affect the radiation would have on humans. -
End of the Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War, was a war between two military parties in China. It was between the nationalist and communist parties. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was a war between South Korea and North Korea. The war began with North Korea invading South Korea and the UN Troops helping South Korea to stop the North Koreans. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact is an alliance between the communists countries in Eastern Europe. The nations include Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was between North Vietnam, Soviet Union, China. Pathet Lao, Khmer Rouge & North Korea (communist) and South Vietnam, United States, South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, New Zealand, Thailand, Khmer Republic,Kingdom of Laos and Taiwan (anti-communist). The Vietnam war had begun to stop the spread of communism. -
Fist Man Made Satellitte
The Soviet Union launched the worlds first satellite, Sputnik I. It weighed 83.6kg and took 93 minutes to orbit the Earth. -
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Cuban Missile Crises
The Cuban missile crises was when the Soviet Union decided to hold missiles in Cuba, which is near the US and President John Kennedy released a statement saying that they US would use the military as defence against the Soviet Union. This allowed many people to believe that the world would meet its end because of nuclear warfare. -
China's First Atomic Bomb
China's first atomic bomb, 596, was tested at the Lop Nur test site. 596 was a 22 kiloton fission bomb. -
Berlin Wall
East Germany builds the Berlin Wall to stop the culture of West Germany to come into East Germany and to stop East Germans from entering West Germany. -
German Reunification
George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to reunify Germany. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union is demolished mainly die to radical reforms. The collapse of the Soviet Union caused Russia to be formed. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The East German communist leader allows East Germans to visit West Germany when ever they like, causing the people of East Germany to tear down the wall.
