Events
Yalta conference 4-11/02/1945
Meeting of Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt
Stalin gains control of Eastern Europe
"the Soviet Union is interested in the creation
of a mighty, free and independent Poland"
- Joseph StalinPostdam Conference, Germany is
partitioned into four sections to be
occupied by England, USA, France,
and Russia. "We have discovered the most
terrible bomb in the history of the world.
It may be the fire destruction prophesied
in the Euphrates Valley era, after Noah
and his fabulous ark."
- Truman
"The difficulty with this formula,
however, is that the industrial capital
equipment not necessary for the German
peace economy is not evenly divided among
the zones of occupation."
- TrumanBombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 7 & 9 08/1945.
'Little Boy' dropped on Hiroshima, 80,000 death toll
'Fat Man' dropped on Nagasaki, 70,000 death tollWinston Churchill's Iron Curtain
speech, 05/03/1945
“From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the
Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended
across the continent."
- Churchill
About hostility to the west by Russia/USSRPoland becomes communist-1947
Russian influence due to being
controlled by Soviet Union after
liberating from Nazi possessionCommunists seize power in
Czechoslovakia, 25/02/1945
KSC (Communist Party of
Czechoslovakia) seize control
through coup d'etat, ended
democracy.
"I will tell you frankly: if you do not meet my
demands, we will not stop at this."
- Klement Gottwald
(Spoken to President Beneš as a threat of civil
disorder and general strike if a communist-
dominated government was not installed).Founding of United Nations, 24/10/1945
Charter had been ratified by China, France,
the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom,
the United States and by a majority
of other signatories.
"to save succeeding generations from
the scourge of war, which twice in our
lifetime has brought untold sorrow to
mankind, and to reaffirm faith in
fundamental human rights, in the
dignity and worth of the human person."
- TrumanKorean War, 25/06/2026-
July 1953
War between communist
North Korea and America
backed South Korea.Stunde Null, 08/05/1945
Unconditional surrender by
Germany, end of WWII in
Europe.Hungary vs USSR Melbourne Olympics
USSR was invading Budapest at the time
'Blood in the Water' match
Hungary 4-0, ended before riots after
USSR athlete punches HungarianFidel Castro seizes power in Cuba,
01/01/1959 guerrilla army overthrew
the regime of dictator Fulgencio
BatistaSoviet Invasion of Hungary,
04/11/1956
USSR interrupted an anti-
communist movement in
Budapest.Death of Franklin Roosevelt
12/04/1945
Harry Truman succeeded
FDR as president, end of
and approved bombings of
Nagasaki & HiroshimaCommencement of Berlin Blockade
24/06/1948
Stalin cut off all supply & water routes
connecting west Berlin to west Germany
in hopes of forcing the Western Allies to
surrender the city.Hungarian Uprising 23/10/1959
Hungarian revolution rejecting
communism and Soviet idealsInauguration of JFK, 20/01/61
Brought JFK into presidency
"Ask not what your country
can do for you—ask what you
can do for your country."
-JFKConstruction of Berlin Wall
13/08/1961
Germans fled the Soviet's East
Germany for West Germany
between '49 to '61. Threatened
E.G.'s economy, Soviet Union
blocked all access to Western
GermanyBay of Pigs Invasion
17/04/1961
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a
failed military operation
on the coast of Cuba by US
and Cuban Democratic
Revolutionary Front
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