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German Uninication
he formal unification of Germany into a politically and administratively integrated nation state officially occurred on 18 January 1871 at the Versailles Palace's Hall of Mirrors in France. -
Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins -
VE Day
Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin -
Potsdam Conference
Germany was officially partitioned into four zones of occupation. -
Start of Arms Race US
In July 16, 1945, the creation of the first atomic bomb came to fruition in the United States and was tested at Alamogordo, New Mexico at a site called "Trinity" -
Truman Doctrine
Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War. -
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition -
Rio Pact
U.S. meet 19 Latin American countries and created a security zone around the hemisphere -
Takeover
Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia -
Loyalty Program
Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies -
Brussels Pact
Brussels Pact organized to protect Europe from communism. -
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Blockade begins lasting 11 month. -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin, a difficult feat given the city's population -
NATO
NATO radified -
Korean War
Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons -
MacArthur
Truman fires MacArthur -
H-Bomb
H-bomb Castle-Bravo test -
Stalin Died
Kuntsevo Dacha, Moscow, Russia -
Space Race
The competition began on August 2, 1955, when the Soviet Union responded to the US announcement four days earlier of intent to launch artificial satellites for the International Geophysical Year, by declaring they would also launch a satellite "in the near future -
Vietnam War
Start of vietnam war. -
USSR
USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, to suppress demonstrations by workers -
Sputnik
Sputnik launched into orbit -
U-2 Incident
The 1960 U-2 incident happened during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down in Soviet airspace. -
Cuba
Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Bay of Pigs invasion -
Start of Berlin Wall
Construction of Berlin Wall begins -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union initiating a campaign of openness called "glasnost" and restructuring called "perestroika" -
INF Treaty
The INF Treaty was signed by President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev at a Washington Summit on December 8, 1987 -
End of Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany
