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German surrenders
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Period: to
Facts
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Japan surrenders
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Truman Doctrine Speech
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Marshall Plan proposed
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Soviet Union control East Germany
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NATO is established
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Soviet gains control nuclear weapons
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China becomes Communist
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North Korea invaded South Korea
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Truman fires MacArthur
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Eisenhower is elected President
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Rosenburgs executed
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Warsaw Pact established
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Castro becomes leader of Cuba
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Bay of Pigs
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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John F. Kennedy assassinated
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Gulf of Tonkin
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Nixon president
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North Vietnam captures Saigon
