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Yalta Conference
Yalta meeting of British prime minister, the Soviet Prime minister and President Roosevelt. -
Atomic Bomb
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan -
Truman Doctrine announced
Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to nations under threat. -
establishing new currency
The U.S. and Britain announced a proposal for establishing new currency, causing economic chaos in the Soviet Union they struggled to adjust to the new system of currency -
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Berlin Airlift begins
US, British and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviets replied by cutting off all rail, road and canal links beginning the Berlin Blockade -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet missile deployment in Cuba -
South Vietnam become Communist
South Vietnam falls to communist; advocating class war leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. -
Soviet Red Army invades Afghanistan
Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed all of the military and political control. -
Solidarity Union formed
Polish shipyard workers stroke resulting in the formation of solidarity union -
U.S. invades Grenada
Led invasion of the Caribbean island, US victory -
New Soviet Union Leaer
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the leader of the Soviet Union -
Hungary declares a non-Communist government
Hungary overcame their power to break off of their communist government -
Berlin Wall is demolished
Cold War began to simmer down across Eastern Europe, Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. -
George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree
George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to the reunification of Germany
