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United Nations
50 nations met in San Francisco to stablish this new peace keeping body. -
End of WWll
The atomic bombs end the war. Japan's scientists developed new weapons such as "The Atomic Bomb". -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
"Call to War" Stalin heard this speech, he declared in no uncertain terms. -
Marshall Plan
(officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion (approximately $130 billion in current dollar value as of March 2016) in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War -
Berlin Aircraft
Soviet Union blocked all road and rail travel to and from West Berlin, which was located within the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany. The Soviet action was in response to the refusal of American and British officials to allow Russia more say in the economic future of Germany -
Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War. -
USSR Bomb Test
the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning.” In order to measure the effects of the blast, the Soviet scientists constructed buildings, bridges, and other civilian structures in the vicinity of the bomb. -
China's Civil War
a civil war fought from 1927 to 1950. Because of a difference in thinking between the Communist Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Kuomintang there was a fight for legitimacy as the government of China. -
Korean War
The Korean War was started when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with United States as the principal force, came to aid of South Korea. China, along with assistance from Soviet Union
