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The Cold War Begins
FDR, Winston Churchill, And Stalin ( The Big Three) meet for the Yalta Conference. Thus, the Cold War begins. -
U.S Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
The United States drops an atomic bomb on hiroshima causing many deaths, and much destruction. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American program to aid Europe. The United States gave money to Europe to prevemt the spread of Soviet Communism -
The Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union placed a blockade on allied sectors of Berlin. This was to starve the people of Berlin into beocming allies. The allies of Berlin responded by flying over and dropping off food and supplies. -
NATO formed
NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) formed. It served as a multi-goverment alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. -
Forming of the Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and other Communism-related Eastern Europe Countries became aligned in the Warsaw Pact. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War begins. -
Sputnik Was Launched
The Soviet Union launched the first artificial earth satellite. (sputnik) This satellite scared americans. -
Bay of Pigs
The CIA secretly invaded Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro. -
Berlin Wall Was Created
The Berlin Wall was created on August 13th, 1961. It prevented Germans in the East from fleeing to the West. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Soviets in Cuba threatened to launch nuclear war if the United States entered Cuba. In the Cuban Missle Crisis war was averted. -
President Nixon resigns
President Nixon resigns from being a U.S president. -
Communist governments fall
Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania. -
Fall Of The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is taken down, allowing Germans to travel freely, -
USSR Dissolves
The Union Of Soviet Socialist Reublic dissolves.
