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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down. -
World War II ends in Europe
On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II. -
Potsdam Conference - Truman - Stalin and British divide up Europe
The Potsdam Conference, 1945. The Big Three—Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman—met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
First East European Communist government set up in Albania.
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Truman Doctrine announced (domestic)
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US sponsered coup overthrows iranian Gov. (foreign)
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Sputnik 1 launched (foreign)
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China explodes first Atomic bomb (Foreign)
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nixon visit China (domestic)
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South Nam falls to communists (foreign)
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union
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Berlin wall demolished (Foreign)
The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.[1] Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), starting on 13 August 1961, the wall completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until it was opened in November 1989.Its demolition officially began on 13 June 1990 and was completed in 1992.The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscri -
George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to the reunification of Germany in 1994
George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to the reunification of Germany in 1994
