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Yalta Conference
The Yalta conference was the beginning of the cold war between USA and the Soviet Union. The conference was held February 4-11, 1945 -
Truman Coming into Presidency
On April 12,1945 USA president FDR was on vacation and then he had a stroke which caused his death. So the vice president Harry Truman came into power. -
A-Bomb
President Harry Truman gives the order to drop the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Completely wiping out everything for miles. -
Stalin's Cold War Declaration
Josef Stalin gives a speech declaring the Cold war between Soviet Union and USA. Or communism versus capitalism -
The Iron Curtain Speech
Shortly after Josef Stalin declared cold war. The Prime minister of the UK Winston Churchill gave a speech that he named the "Iron Curtain". the curtain is explaining the division in europe over communisim and capitalism -
Truman Doctrine
A speech given by the president of the United States wanting to provide Political, Militian and Economic assistance to all democratic nations under the threat of communists. -
Czechoslovakia
Josef Stalin and the Soviet Communists invaded and took over the country of Czechoslovakia -
Marshall Plan
A program proposed by the US wanting to send money to europe to help rebuild the economy and also the devastated regions from WW2. Also to modernize trade and remove trading barriers. they gave europe a total of 18 billion dollarrs. But most importantly to end the communist spread -
Spread Of Communism
Communism spread to China as Mao Zedong takes power -
JFK
President Harry Truman's time is up and then President JFK comes to power in the United States -
Spy Planes
The Soviet Union Shot down an American Spy plane -
JFK'S Death
President JFK was assassinated by a man named Lee Harvey Oswalt. Causing Lydon Baines Johnson to become the new president of the US -
The Berlin Wall
A barrier constructed by the german democrative republic. It was to divide communism in eastern germany run by soviets and western germany capitalism ran by USA. After WW2 germany was not trusted to run their own nation simply because of the near 13,000,000 people who died during the holocaust. -
Cold War Ends
Soviet Union fell, Shredding the "Iron Curtain" and the fall of the Berlin Wall was the main reasons for the end of the Cold War -
End of Communism
In late of 1991 communism had ended in europe causing the end of the Cold War.
