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February 4th – 11th 1945 Yalta Conference
Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war. -
May 8th 1945 V E Day
Victory in Europe as Germany surrenders to the Russian army. -
July 17th – August 2nd 1945 Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference divided Germany and Austria into four zones, as well as Berlin -
August 6th 1945 Hiroshima
The United States dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima -
August 8th 1945 Nagasaki
The United States dropped second atomic bomb Nagasaki. -
August 14th 1945 V J Day
The Japanese surrendered bringing World War Two to an end. -
September 2nd 1945 Vietnam Independence
Ho Chi Minh proclaimed Vietnam an independent republic. -
March 5th 1946 Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech
Churchill delivers his ‘Sinews of Peace -
March 12th 1947 Truman Doctrine
President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist -
June 5th 1947 Marshall Plan
Programme of economic aid offered by the United States which was rejected. The aid was only given to Western European Countries. -
June 1948 Formation of West Germany
The French, USA and UK partitions of Germany were merged to form West Germany -
June 24th 1948 Berlin Blockade
Russia’s response to the merger of the French, USA and UK partitions of Berlin was to cut all road and rail links to that sector. -
April 4th 1949 NATO formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was formed . -
June 25th 1950
War The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea. -
June 25th 1950 Korean War
The Korean war began -
March 5th 1953
Death of Stalin Joseph Stalin died at the age of 74. He was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev. The communist leader of North Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh while the US friendly south was led by Ngo Dinh Diem -
March 5th 1953 Death of Stalin
Joseph Stalin died at the age of 74. He was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev. -
July 27th 1953
Korean War The Korean war ended. -
July 27th 1953 Korean War
The Korean war ended. -
May 14th 1955
Warsaw Pact The Warsaw Pact was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. -
May 14th 1955 Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was formed -
October 23rd 1956 Hungarian Revolution
This began as a Hungarian protest against Communist rule in Budapest. -
October 30th 1956 Suez Crisis
The British and French were forced to withdraw and a UN peace keeping force was sent to establish order. -
November 1st 1957 Space Race
USSR Sputnik II carried Laika the dog, the first living creature to go into space. -
April 12th 1961 Space Race
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin became the first human being in space. -
April 17th 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion
A force of Cuban exiles, trained by the CIA, aided by the US government attempted to invade Cuba and overthrow the Communist government of Fidel Castro. -
August 13th 1961 Berlin Wall
Berlin wall built and borders sealed between East and West Germany. -
October 14th 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
A US spy plane reported sighting the construction of a Soviet nuclear missile base in Cuba. -
November 22nd 1963 JFK Assassination
JF Kennedy was assassinated while on a visit to Dallas. -
October 15th 1964 USSR
Nikita Krushchev removed from office. He was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev. -
August 15th 1973 Vietnam
The Paris Peace Accords ended American involvement in Vietnam. -
March 11th 1985
Govbachov leader of USSR Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union -
1st July 1991
End of Warsaw Pact -
31st July 1991 START
The Strategic Arms Reduction treaty was signed between Russia and the USA -
25th December 1991 Gorbachev resigned
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned. -
26th December 1991 End of the Soviet Union
Russia formally recognised the end of the Soviet Union