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Winston Churchill gives 'iron curtain' speech
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U.S. announces truman doctrine and marshall plan to contain further communist expansion
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Berlin Airlift
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Mainland China, Hungary, and East Germany come under communist domination
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North Korea invades South Korea
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Tibet comes under communist domination
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Korean war ends with the communist north in control of the 48th parallel
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North Veitman comes under communist control
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Hungarian Revolution
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Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba
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'Great leap forward' in China begins. many people suffer from famine