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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 Est 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