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The Vietnam War started with the Vietnamese rebelling against the French and winning independence. Vietnam was then split at the 17th paralell into Communist and Capitalist nations. The sides proceeded to fight when they could not agree to vote on merging the country. Eventually the US backed south lost the struggle. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index.html
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The Yalta Conference was a meeting of Churchill, FDR, and Stalin to discuss the end of the war and the fate of Europe. There was tension between all three countries and marked the beginning of the cold war. http://library.thinkquest.org/10826/timeline.htm
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The Truman Doctrine offered money to countries who were weakened after WWII, mainly Greece and Turkey, to resist Communist rule and influence. It created more tension between the USSR and the US. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1780.html
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The policy of containment was adopted by the US and other capitalist countries to keep Communism from spreading. It started with the instatement of the Truman Doctrine and ended with the Cold War. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=485 http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/end/index.html
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The Marshall Plan, in a similar fashion to the Truman Doctrine, offered money to countries to strengthen them and resist Communism. Unlike the Truman Doctrine, however, the Marshall Plan offered money to all European countries. Not suprisingly though, only Western countries accepted the money. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0831964.html
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On November 29, 1947 the UN ruled, 33- 13 to create the state of Israel. The British abandoned its mandate over it in 1948 and wars soon followed. http://www.theocracywatch.org/christian_zionism_israel_forms.htm
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After the Jews were introduced to Palestine, the Palestinians and surrounding middle eastern countries launched an assault on Israel and, following months of fighting, lost to Israel. http://www.zionism-israel.com/dic/War_of_Independence.htm
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On March 5, 1953, Stalin died of a brain haemorrhage. There are some theories, however that he was poisoned. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2793501.stm
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Soviet Forces blockaded the western half of berlin to cut their supplies off. However, west Germany airlifted supplies into Berlin for the entire time until the blockade stopped in may 1949. www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/.../m0024195.html
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Mao, the new Communist leader of China, forms a fully Communist government calling it the People's Republic of China. Along with this would come many reforms. http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/prc.html
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The Korean war was fought between the North and South sides. Each side came close to both winning and losing but ultimately the war ended back at the 38th paralell, where the fighting would end. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0828118.html
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In the early stages of the war, North Korea easily gained much land and pushed the south half back to an area called Pusan. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0828118.html
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When MacArthur pushed his troops up to the Yalu river, the Chinese and Northern forces launched a joint attack against his troops, pushing them back once again and taking Seoul. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0828118.html
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In this plan, Mao decided to industrialize China. With the help of the Soviet Union he accomplished that task and eliminated China's dependency on agriculture.
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Korea is divided into the North and South, north being communist, south being capitalist, at the 38th paralell. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0828118.html
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The battle of Dien Bien Phu was a major turning point in the liberation of Vietnam from the French. After many days of grueling battle, the Vietnamese eventually took over this city which was a major loss for France and ultimately ended the war http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/dien_bien_phu.htm
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The KGB, an organization created mainly for gathering intelligence, was established on this date. http://library.thinkquest.org/10826/timeline.htm
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Sputnik was launched by the USSR and this was a major milestone for them. It meant they had won the space race. The US became nervous as theories foretold of a world ruled by the Russians on a space station. This was a major blow to US morale also. http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
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Batista, the former ruler of Cuba was thrown out of Cuba by Castro's rebellion, from this day forward Castro had siezed power over Cuba. http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/index.html
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The US planned to overthrow Castro by using Cuban exiles to cause a revolt backed by US troops. This was an utter failure as nearly every exile was captured by Cuba and dealt with. http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/index.html
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By satillite imaging, the US discovered many missles and missle bases in construction in Cuba. These bases had the capability of firing nuclear weaponry and their main target was the US coast. JFK decided to quarintine the island, which eventually led to the missles being dissasembled. http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/index.html
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In exchange for the removal of missles in Turkey, the USSR removed their missle implacements in Cuba. http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/index.html
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Israel was attacked by several middle eastern countries, mainly Egypt. However, with the help of the United States, Israel was able to push the enemy back and triple the land that they had. http://www.zionism-israel.com/dic/6daywar.htm
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9 Israeli athletes were taken hostage and 2 were shot. In less than 24 hours all of the Israelis had been killed and not all of the criminals had been captured. http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_munich.php http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/islington/schools/china/web/olympics/home/section0-tvl-backto--media-2-quizX5Fid-z20080509140807638X2Dw008.dbplc.comX2DX54X50X2DX50rocessor63X2D1457-u-20080509140807638X2Dw008.dbplc.comX2DX54X50X2DX50rocessor63X2D1457-z-f.gif
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Mao, at the age of 82, died of Lou Gehrig's disease. After this, the gang of four were charged with the effects of the cultural revolution. http://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/Mao-Zedong
