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Yalta Conference- Cold War Beging
The "Big Three" (FDR, Churchill, Stalin) meet at conference. Soviet gains control over East Europe. -
End of World War II
Japan surrenders after U.S drops two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Churchill Iron Curtain Speech
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Truman Doctrine
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Berlin Blockade Begins
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NATO Ratified
Berlin Blockade ends and People's Republic of China forms. -
Korean War Begins
Stalin supports North Korea and equips North Korea with Soviet weapons. -
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Nuclear Arms Race
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Korean War Ends
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KGB Established
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Warsaw Pact Forms
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Sputnik launched
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Explorer Launched
Khrushchev demands withdraw of troops from Berlin. -
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Castro Takes Over Cuba
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Kennedy Elected/ Soviet Cuba
John F. Kennedy is elected as U.S President. Cuba officially announces its alignment with the Soviet Union. -
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Bay of Pigs/ Berlin Wall Built
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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President Kennedy Assaissinated
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Gorbachev Announced as Leader of Soviet Union
Announces campaigns, "glasnost" and "perestroika". -
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Decline of Soviet Union
Berlin Wall is demolished and Communist government falls. -
Boris Yeltsin Elected as President of Russia
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End of Cold War
