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Tiral of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
According to Greenglass, Rosenberg asked him to pass instructions on making atomic weapons to the Soviet Union.The only evidence of the Rosenberg’s involvement was the confession of Greenglass.The trial lasted a month, finally ending on April 4 with convictions.They were offered a deal in which their death sentences would be commuted in return their guilt. They refused and were executed.
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First soviet hydrogen bomb
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Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan provided help, with larger amounts given to industrial powers, such as West Germany, France and Great Britain. This was based on the belief that recovery in these larger nations was essential to overall European help and recovery https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/marshall-plan-1 -
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Berlin Airlift
After the soviets created blockades on the land routes us and allies started shipping all food and supplies through the air this is the berlin airlift , they did this for nearly a year over 200,000 airlifts carried 1 and a half tons of supplies
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creation of NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere, NATO continued after the Cold War era and gained new member nations in Eastern Europe during the late 1990s. That development was not well received by leaders of the Russian Federation and became a source of post-Cold War tension between the East and the West.
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First Successful Soviet Nuclear Weapon Test
the Soviet Union started its first nuclear test, The bomb had a yield of 22 kilotons.The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 pushed Stalin to order the development of nuclear weapons before 6 years The physicist Igor Kurchatov The fallout from the nuclear test drifted to the northeast Soviet Union conducted more than 400 tests, with effects for anything and anyone
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First US hydrogen bomb
The test gave the United States a advantage with the Soviet Union. successful Soviet detonation of an atomic device in September 1949, Popularly known as the hydrogen bomb, this weapon was 1,000 times more powerful than regular nuclear devices.The opponents were correct. The Soviet Union exploded a thermonuclear device the following year
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Presidency Of Dwight D EisenHower
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The Hungarian Uprising
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Castro Takes Over Cuba
After they failed to get rid of Batista’s new dictatorship, Castro began to organize a rebel army that led about 160 men in attacks Batista fled cuba after the many tries castro attempted . Castro’s force had defeated the Cuban government’ bigger army.As Castro became commander in chief of the armed forces in Cuba In February 1959 Castro took over the government. By the time Urrutia was forced to resign in July 1959. https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fidel-castro -
John F Kennedy elected to presidency
John F. Kennedy becomes the youngest president.The campaign was hard . For the first time, presidential candidates were televised. Nixon always had something to say about Kennedy being too young and inexperienced for responsibilities of America’s Cold War . Dixon Said Soviet power had been contained and America’s strength increased. Kennedy responded by portraying foreign policy during the Eisenhower years https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-elected-president -
Bay of pigs Invasion
On April 17, the Cuban force, known as Brigade 2506, landed at beaches along the Bay of Pigs and immediately came under fire. Cuban planes strafed the invaders, sank two escort ships, and destroyed half of the exile's air support. Bad weather hampered the ground force, which had to work with bad equipment and poor ammunitaion https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-bay-of-pigs -
cuban missile crisis
the Cuban Missile Crisis actually started October 15, 1962 day that U.S. intelligence analyzing U-2 spy plane data discovered that the Soviets were creating medium-range missile sites in Cuba. ExCom decided on a naval quarantine and a demand that the bases removed them. Kennedy went on national television to announce his decision. During the next days, the crisis escalated to a breaking point as was at the brink of nuclear war.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cuban-missile-crisis
