Download Timeline of Cold War 1945-1950 - School-One

Timeline of Cold War 1945-1950
1945
February 4-11: Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
The Cold War Begins
May 8:
VE Day - Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin
July:
Potsdam Conference - Germany was officially partitioned into four zones
of occupation
August 6:
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima (20 kiloton bomb
'Little Boy' kills 80,000) Three days later, the United States drops an
atomic bomb on Nagasaki (22 kiloton 'Fat Man' kills 70,000)
August 14:
Japanese surrender - End of World War II
1946
February 9:
Stalin hostile speech - Communism & Capitalism were incompatible
March 5:
Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill
March 10:
Truman demands Russia leave Iran
July 1:
Operation Crossroads with Test Able was the first public demonstration of
America's atomic arsenal
November:
Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin is elected to US Senate
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1947
March 12:
Truman Doctrine - Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War
March 22:
Truman issue Executive Order 9835, creating a loyalty program for all
federal employees
June:
Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries
combat poverty, disease and malnutrition
September 2:
Rio Pact (U.S. meet 19 Latin American countries and created a security
zone around the Western Hemisphere)
October:
Member of the Hollywood Ten appear before the HUAC
1948
February 25:
Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
March 17:
Brussels Pact organized to protect Europe from Communism
April:
Hollywood Ten are convicted of Contempt of Congress
June 24:
Berlin Blockade begins lasting 11 months. US and UK planes deliver food,
medicine and other supplies to people of West Berlin. Berlin Airlift lasts
through September of 1949
1949
April 4:
NATO ratified
August:
Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss testify before HUAC
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August 29:
USSR successfully tests its first atomic bomb
October 1:
Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China and establishes the
People's Republic of China
December 2:
Whittaker Chambers leads HUAC investigators to stolen government
documents hidden in a pumpkin field
1950
January 21:
Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury
January 30:
Truman approved H-bomb development
February2:
Klaus Fuchs is arrested in Great Britain and charged with sharing atomic
secrets with Soviets
February 9:
Senator Joseph McCarthy tells an audience in West Virginia, that there are
205 known Communists working in the State Department
March 1:
Klaus Fuchs is sentenced to 14 years in prison
March 8:
Tydings Commision begins hearings to investigate McCarthy’s State
Department charges
June 25:
Korean War begins when Communist troops from North Korea launch a
surprise invasion of South Korea
July 17:
FBI arrests Julius Rosenberg on spying charges