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Hitler's Death
Hitler commits suicide in his underground bunker by consuming a cyanide capsule. -
Partitoning of Germany
Germany was split into four different states at the end of wwii -
Civil War in Greece
The Greek Civil war was fought from 1946-1949, and was fought due to the attempt of Communists trying to take over Greece. -
Truman Doctrine Speech
American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War. -
Marshall Plan is announced
American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13,000,000 in economic support to help rebuild western european economies. -
The Berlin Airlift
British and Soviet forces occupy Germany and the Soviet union hoped to run all other forces out of Berlin by blocking it off, but the US,Britain, and France airdropped supplies to their people in Berlin, not letting the Soviet Union's attempt stop them. -
Creation of NATO
NATO was formed by 12 nations (United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal) to provide protection against Soviet aggression. -
Soviets test an atomic bomb
On August 29th the Soviet Union detonated their first atomic bomb, Which came as a surprise to America since America did not know that the Soviets had such knowledge on nuclear weapons. -
Korean War begins
War between South Korea and North Korea in which America assisted South Korea and the Soviet Union and China assisted North Korea. -
Sputnik
First human made object put into space -
KGB Established
Main security agency for the Soviet Union -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
A political pact and military allaince formed by the Soviet Union and several other Eastern European countries.
