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As World War II ended, Iran’s problems intensified. While the last American troops left the country on January 1, 1946, and Britain announced that it would meet a March 1 deadline, Moscow refused to withdraw its forces. The Soviets vowed continued support for a separatist movement in the northern province of Azerbaijan. The US is convinced that Russia intends to take over Iran.
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Communists take over Csechoslavakia. Shortly after this in March Truman's loyalty program is created to catch spies.
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Russia has the first successful test of an atomic bomb making the threat real for Americans.
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Truman okays the making of the H bomb. On his footheels McCarthy goes witch hunting.
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US Air Force B-52 delivers a bomb load of more than 38,000 pounds in South Vietnam in March, 1966.
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The USS Pueblo, a Navy intelligence vessel, is engaged in a routine surveillance of the North Korean coast when it is intercepted by North Korean forces.
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Apollo 11 lands on the Moon.
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Nixon extends the Vietnam war to Cambodia making American's start to question the war effort.
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President Richard M. Nixon resigns in the wake of the Watergate burglary scandal. He was the first president in American history to resign.
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North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam which falls to communist forces.
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U.S. troops invade and overthrows regime in Grenada
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He initiates a campaign of openness called "glasnost" and restructuring called "perestroika". He is able to make an agreement with our president Reagan shortly after.
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Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles
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The Berlin Wall comes down and Germans are free to travel.
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In June 1990 Poland becomes independent. In September Hungary becomes independent and in November the Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany. In December Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania
The election of Boris Yeltson comes in May, and then the decline of the Soviet empire, and end of the Cold War in August 1991
