Cold War Timeline 1945-50

Timeline 1945-50

1945

    - Viet Minh seize power and Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independent

FEBRUARY- Yalta Conference

                    - USSR and USA decide on trusteeship for Korea

MAY - Hitler defeated

JULY- Potsdam Conference

AUGUST - 38th parallel temporarily divides Korea

6 AUGUST - USA drop bombs on Hiroshima

9 AUGUST - USA drops bombs on Nagasaki

15 AUGUST - Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender

                   - MacArthur becomes Supreme Commander of US occupation forces in Japan

1946

FEBRUARY - Kennan's Long…