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| - Apr 1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies |
| - Jun 1945: United Nations Charter Signed |
| - Dec 1945: Senate Approves U.N. Treaty |
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| - Jan 5, 1945: U.S.S.R. Recognizes Communist Government in Poland |
| - Feb 11, 1945: Yalta Conference Begins |
| - Feb 14, 1945: Yalta Conference Ends |
| - Apr 1945: Hitler Commits Suicide |
| - May 8, 1945: End of World War II in Europe |
| - Jul 17, 1945: Potsdam Conference Begins |
| - Aug 2, 1945: Potsdam Conference Ends |
| - Sep 11, 1945: London Foreign Ministers Conference Begins |
| - Oct 12, 1945: London Foreign Ministers Conference Ends |
| - Nov 20, 1945: Nuremberg Trials Begin |
| - Dec 16, 1945: Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference Begins |
| - Dec 26, 1945: Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference Ends |
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| - Apr 1949: North Atlantic Treaty Signed |
| - May 12, 1949: Berlin Blockade and Airlift End |
| - Jul 1949: Formation of East Germany |
| - Aug 1949: Soviet Union Tests Atomic Bomb |
| - Oct 1949: Civil War Ends in Greece |
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| - Feb 1952: Britain Announces that it has an Atomic Bomb |
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| - Mar 1953: Death of Josef Stalin |
| - Jun 1953: Riots in Eastern Europe |
| - Aug 1953: Soviet Union Tests Hydrogen Bomb |
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| - Jan 1954: Berlin Conference |
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| - Mar 1945: Formation of the Arab League |
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| - Mar 1946: British Troops Leave Iran |
| - Jul 1946: King David Hotel Bombing in Jerusalem |
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| - Nov 1947: U.N. Votes to Partition Palestine |
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| - May 1948: Creation of State of Israel |
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| - Aug 1949: Military Coup in Syria |
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| - Jul 1952: Military Coup in Egypt |
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| - Aug 1953: U.S.-backed Coup in Iran |
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| - Feb 1954: Nasser Becomes Premier of Egypt |
| - Oct 1954: Algerian Revolution Begins |
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| - Feb 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima |
| - Mar 1945: Firebombing of Tokyo |
| - Apr 1945: Battle of Okinawa |
| - Aug 1945: End of World War II in Asia and the Pacific |
| - Aug 10, 1945: Korea Divided along 38th Parallel |
| - Oct 1945: French Troops Return to Indochina |
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| - Aug 1947: Great Britain Recognizes Independence of India |
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| - Jan 1948: Great Britain Recognizes Independence of Burma |
| - Jun 1948: Communist Uprising Begins in Malaya |
| - Aug 12, 1948: U.S. Recognizes South Korea |
| - Dec 26, 1948: Last Soviet Troops withdraw from North Korea |
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| - Apr 1952: U.S. Occupation of Japan Ends |
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| - May 1954: French Surrender Dien Bien Phu |
| - Jul 1954: Vietnam Divided along 17th Parallel |
| - Sep 1954: Chinese Forces Bombard Quemoy and Matsu |
| - Oct 1954: Communists Take Control in North Vietnam |
| - Dec 1954: France Recognizes Independence of Laos |
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