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The Cold War Starts
The cold war was a war between the USSR (union of soviet socialist republics or the soviet union) and the US. It was a cold war because it was never a direct fight between the countries.It had more to do with propaganda. -
Russia Declares War on Japan
Russia put more than 1 million soldiers into Japanese-occupied Manchuria, to fight aprox 700,000 Japanese soliders. The soviet union surprised japan by invading Manchuria. Japanese soliders werent expecting an attack until spring 1946. 650 out of 850 japanese men were killed or wounded within the first two days of fighting. Emperor Hirhito pleaded with his war council to reconsider surrender -
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The Cold War
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Berlin blockade
Joseph Stalin put pressure on the west by blocking all land routes to berlin. He hoped to force western powers out of west berlin. The western powers started flying their fuel and food into berlin to keep the city operating.
Pilots from USA and Britan flew everything they thought was needed in west berlin. It ran from May1948 to March 1949 supplying aprox 13 000 tonnes a day. -
The Blockade over.
Stalin realised that western powers were not giving upwest berlin so he decided to call the berlin blockade off on May 12th 1949. The Blockade ran for aprox 11 months, American and british pilots flew in vital supplies to west berlin in this time. -
Russia tested its first atomic bomb
Develpoing the atomic bomb was a top secret research and development program during World War II, when the Soviet Union found out about the American, British, and Canadian nuclear project. The USSR was told to start devolping one after informed that the allied powers had started -
Korean war begins
Stalin supported North Korea who invaded south korea equipt with soviet weapns. North Korea was supported by the USSR and south Korea was supported by US led UN forces. The UN ordered North korea to retreat but they didnt. Many Aussie men enlisted an volunteered to fight in Korea -
Castro Asked Russia For Weapons
April 1961 the CIA funded and transported a attempt to invade cuba by anti-Castro, it failed
In September 1961, Castro asked for weapons to defend Cuba against America. Russia publicly promised to devliver. -
President Richard Nixon visits China
The visit to China was an important step in normalizing relations between the U.S and China. It marked the first time a U.S. president had visited China, which at that time china considered the U.S. one of its enemies, and the visit ended 25 years of separation between the two sides. -
U.S. invades Grenada
America became concerned in 1979 when Maurice Bishop seized power and began to develop close relations with Cuba. In 1983 Bernard Coard had Bishop assassinated and took over the government. Protesters didnt like the newgovernment and violence escalated.
Danger to the U.S. citizens in Grenada begain, Reagan ordered nearly 2,000 U.S. troops onto the island, they then found themselves facing opposition from Grenadan armed forces and groups of the Cuban military -
The Cold War Ends
In 1991 the cold war between the US and USSR (russia) ends.
Khrushchev came into power after Stalin died in 1953. Khrushchev denounced stalin of his crimes and there was less stalin terror.
