1945 - WWII ends
1945-1948 - Soviet controlled communist governments are set up in East Germany,Bulgaria,
Romania, Poland, and Hungary
1947 - Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan put into action (see previous notes)
1948 - Germany divided into 4 zones
1949 - West & East Germany created
- China becomes Communist
- USSR develops atomic bomb (arms race begins)
-NATO formed
1950 - Korean War begins
1953 - Stalin dies, Khrushchev takes power
1955 - Warsaw Pact
1956 - "Destalinization" - Khrushchev's policy to get rid of Stalins more strict policies
- Uprisings in Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia threaten Soviet power in Eastern
Europe
1957 - Space race gets more serious when the USSR is first to put a satellite in space
1959 - Fidel Castro takes over Cuba, sets up a Soviet supported dictatorship
1961 - construction begins on the Berlin Wall to stop East Germans from moving to West Berlin
1962 - Bay of Pigs Invasion - USA's plan to overthrow Castro fails miserably
- Cuban Missile Crisis - USSR puts missiles in Cuba, US blockade of Cuba almost leads to
nuclear conflict
1964 - US sends troops to Vietnam to help stop the spread of communism in Asia
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