Timeline Flashcards
Potsdam Conference begins in Germany.
July 17th 1945
United States Army Air Force drops atom bomb on Hiroshima.
August 6th 1945
United States Army Air Force drops atom bomb on Nagasaki.
August 9th 1945
Soviet Union and Poland sign treaty accepting Soviet-Polish frontier.
August 16th 1945
The Vietminh seize power from Japan in French Indochina.
August 19th 1945
Ho Chi Minh proclaims the independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
September 2nd 1945
Communist-influenced nationalists proclaim the Korean People’s Republic.
September 6th 1945
Egypt and Syria warn that the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine will lead to war.
September 20th 1945
The government of Enver Hoxha in Albania is recognized by the Western powers.
November 10th 1945
Josip Tito and his National Front wins elections in Yugoslavia.
November 11th 1945
United States, France, Britain, and the Soviet Union occupy zones of Berlin.
July 3rd 1945
Polish industrial enterprises employing more than 50 workers are nationalized.
January 1st 1946
U.S. Military establish government of Syngman Rhee in South Korea.
February 2nd 1946
Winston Churchill makes Iron Curtain speech in Fulton, Missouri.
March 5th 1946
Civil War breaks out in Greece between British-backed monarchists and communists.
May 5th 1946.
