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VE Day
Victory was important to Eastern Europeans and it's allies. The Soviets lost 600 more soldiers in Silesia, on May 9th. Despite the actual victory being on the 9th, it's celebrated on the 8th. VE day, however, also held significance. It signified the end of the killing of all the Jews. This celebration also ended the second phase of World War II. VE Day was an appropriate celebration. It gave Europeans and pretty much the rest of the countries that were against Germany a moment of victory. -
America Drops the Big One
America uses the first ever atomic bomb during the cold war. The bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The United States assumed this would give them an advantage in the cold war, despite the cold war being very uneventful within itself. Despite this war not being very "active", America using an atomic bomb proved that they were technologically advanced and had access to nuclear power. This was a huge weapon which in fact did give America the upper hand. -
The Marshall Plan
America had set up a program in which support was given to European countries and economies after the end of World War II. This plan was put into place to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. The United states hoped to achieve what they hoped for: Rebuilding a war-devastated region, remove trade barriers, and modernize European industry. -
Warsaw Pact
An alliance was formed between the Soviet union and other communist countries in Eastern Europe. This rebel alliance hoped to convert many nations to communism by taking over capitalist nations. The capitalist nations did not like the idea of this pact and prepared to fight against it. -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam was started because Southern Vietnam was allied with the United states and Northern Vietnam was allied with the USSR. just a reminder the cold was a fight between the two. Troops from both nations were sent over to fight with really no choice at all. The US worried about the North winning the war. They assumed if this happened then more countries in Asia would fall to communism. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was the closest America had come to nuclear war. The Soviet Union was building forces in Cuba which is very close to America. This had Americans and the American Armed Forces worried, so they prepared for an attack. Cuba and the Soviet Union were both communist nations, it is understandable why the SU wanted to get armed in Cuba. The SU was prepared to use nuclear power as well in case the island was invaded. Thanks to president John F. Kennedy, the attack was adverted. -
The Berlin Wall is Tobbled
The communist block had been weakening in Germany. The East Germany communist leaders figured that the country needed change, however, it's citizens thought otherwise. Communism had already been failing or had already failed in other European countries in the past years. East Germany citizens thought it was their turn to revolt against communism. They wanted to change to capitalism. So with that the wall stated to come down in a split second. It came down almost as fast as it was put up.
