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Between political groups in korea with the United Nations on one side and the Soviet Union and China on the other side eventually ended in a stalemate.
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Mao was a Marxist and Cummunist leader who controled China.
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Fought between communist North Vietnam and anti-communist South Vietnam from approximately November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975.
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Soviet air strikes and Tank attacks began on the capital of Budapest after rallies protesting the Soviet control.
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Fidel Castro, a communist political leader, took control of Cuba and only lost his power after his resignation in 2008.
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The U.S. and other forces attempted to invade Cuba to Overthrow Fidel Castro.
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The United States gathered information that Soviet nuclear weapons were under construction in Cuba. The U.S. demanded that they be destroyed and that future construction be stopped. This was one of the most tense times in the cold war because it was so close to turning to nuclear warfare.
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Warsaw Pact forces from multiple countries invaded Czechoslavakia
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President Nixon visited China and met with Chairman Mao. This was to improve the relationship between the U.S. and China after the cold war. This was also to keep an ey on a country that was near communism.
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These were talks between the United States and the Soviet Union about proposed rules to regulate nuclear weapons after the cold war.
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The people of Iran revolted against the Shah and the monarchy of Iran and eventually overthrew the monarchy.
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Anastasio Somoza Debayle was overthrown and this began a series of conflicts.
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The Soviets allied with the Afghani government to help fight the rebellion but the United States and other countries backed the Mujahideen rebels. Ultimately the Mujahideen won the war.
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Iraq invaded Iran over land conflicts. In the end no land was really gained or lost.
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The Berlin wall which had separated East Germany and West Germany, the Western world from the Eastern world, and socialism from democracy, was destroyed.
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Gorbachev took office in the USSR and made great efforts with help from President Ronald Regan to end the Cold War.
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Boris Yeltsin controled power after a coup to try and overthrow Gorbachev and the Soviet Union was officially no more.
