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Germany split
The U.S. and Russia split germany -
Hitlers Death
Hitler shot himself with a pistal because he took a capsule called cyadine which would have killed him slowly. -
civil war in greece
between the Greek government army, backed by the United Kingdom and the United States. 1946-1949 -
truman doctrine speech
In a dramatic speech to a joint session of Congress, President Harry S. Truman asks for U.S. assistance for Greece and Turkey to forestall communist domination of the two nations. -
Marshal plan
was an American initiative to aid Western Europe -
berlin aircraft
military forces divided and occupied Germany -
creation of NATO
The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance -
soviets test atomic bomb
General Interest 1949
Soviets explode atomic bomb
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At a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning.” -
creation of warsaw pact
was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries.
