События
China Fell to CommunismSputnik was launched by the SovietsThe Army-McCarthy hearings beganStalin and Soviet forces blockaded Berlin.The Yalta Conference is heldThe Marshall Plan is implementedThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed.The Soviets shot down the American U-2 spy planeGeneral Douglass MacArthur was fired for insubordination by President TrumanPresident Roosevelt died in his fourth term in officeFifty countries signed the charter for the United NationsPresident Truman told Stalin that the US possessed an atomic bombWinston Churchill gave his famous “iron curtain” speechTruman announces his policy of containment, known as the Truman DoctrineThe U.S defuses the Suez CrisisJulius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of espionage and executedA revolt begins in HungaryNikita Khrushchev becomes leader of the Soviet UnionПериоды
The Korean War BeginsEisenhower delivers his domino theory Cold War address
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