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Cold War at a Glimpse
15 major Cold War events -
Yalta Conference
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During this conference, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin made important decisions about the current and future wars, as well as post-war issues. -
WWII ends in Europe
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Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima
U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. -
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established
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reated by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide protection against the Soviet Union -
Communists win Chinese Civil War
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Warsaw Pact formed
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This treaty included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members. It required that the member states "come to the defense of any member attacked by an outside force and it set up a unified military command under Marshal Ivan S. Konev of the Soviet Union." -
Premier Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba and installs Communist government. -
Atomic Bombs in China
China explodes its first atomic bomb. -
Nixon Visits China
President Richard Nixon visits China. -
South Vietnam falls
South Vietnam falls to Communist forces. -
U.S. in Grenada
U.S. invades Grenada. "Communism stops here." -
Students Demand Reforms
Led by university students, over one million Chinese in Tiananmen Square demand reforms by the Chinese Communist government. -
Berlin Wall demolished
Berlin Wall is demolished. -
Soviet Union is abolished
The Soviet Union is abolished. Boris Yeltsin becomes President of Russia.
