Cold War Chronology November 1917 4‒11 The Bolsheviks succeed in seizing power through a revolution in Russia and establish the world’s first communist government. January 1918 8 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points, outlining U.S. war aims and postwar plans, to a joint session of Congress. July 1918 Beginning of Allied intervention in Russia, in which the United States participates. November 1918 11 World War I ends in armistice between Germany and Allied and Associated Powers. April 1920 United States withdraws last remaining troops from Russia. March 1933 4 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes president of the United States. November 1933 16 United States recognizes Soviet Union. August 1939 23 Germany and the Soviet Union conclude Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. September 1939 1 Germany and Soviet Union invade Poland. 3 Britain and France declare war on Germany. April‒May 1940 The Katyn Forest Massacre takes place throughout April and into early May.
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