Timeline of Events (1933-1949)
- 1933 - Franklin Roosevelt elected President; US recognizes USSR; "New Deal"
- 1934 - Kirov assassinated; purges begin
- 1939 - Nazi-Soviet nonagression pact
- 1941 - Germany invades Russia
- 1941- Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
- 1945 - Russian forces take Berlin
- 1945- US drops atomic bombs on Japan
- 1949 - USSR tests atomic bomb
- 1949 - NATO established