Key Events
Oct 07, 2021
2 minutes
1945 HIROSHIMA
The USA detonates two atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively ending war with Japan. Nuclear weapons change warfare and this event begins an arms race as the USSR seeks to gain the technology themselves.
1948 BERLIN BLOCKADE
On 24 June 1948 the Soviet Union blocks rail, road and water access to the Allied sections of Berlin. The US and Britain then launch a massive
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