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Agreement signed by the three main Allied leaders at a confrence to discuss strategies for the invasion and final defeat of Nazi Germany and the terms of settlement.
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Request that Congress agree to give military and economic aid to Greece in its fight against communism. Truman asked for $400,000,000 for this aid programme.
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European Recovery Program (ERP) Marshall offered American financial aid for a programme of European economic recovery
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During the multinational occupation of post-World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway and road access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control. Their aim was to force the western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the Soviets practical control over the entire city.
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"North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance consisting of the United States, Canada, and 19 member states. The NATO was set up largely to discourage an attack by the Soviet Union on the non-Communist nations of Western Europe.
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began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. The United states then came from Japan to help defend South Korea
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Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy had become one of America's best-known politicians through his campaigns to uncover subversives in government operations.
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It was so violent that it overwhelmed the measuring instruments, indicating the bomb was up to 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
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an armistice was signed to stop the war, the problems were never fully resolved
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The soviet create a hydrogen bomb more powerful than that of the united states
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also called 'The Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance' the agreement which bound its signatories to come to the aid of the others, should any one of them be the victim of foreign aggression.
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The world's first artificial satellite that took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.
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It was a desperate – and effective - move by the GDR (German Democratic Republic) to stop East Berliners escaping from the Soviet-controlled East German state into the West of the city, which was then occupied by the Americans, British and French
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by United States-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro
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The closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded
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Bilateral agreement establishing a direct communications link between U.S. and Soviet heads of state for use in "time of emergency." Seeks to reduce the risk of a nuclear exchange stemming from accident, miscalculation, or surprise attack. Both sides connected by transatlantic cable and radio telegraph circuits for continuous direct communications
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replace the Interim Agreement with a long-term comprehensive Treaty providing broad limits on strategic offensive weapons systems
The U.S. wanted to provide for equal numbers of strategic nuclear delivery vehicles for the sides, to begin the process of reduction of these delivery vehicles, and to impose restraints on qualitative developments which could threaten future stability -
unprovoked invasion of a sovereign country by another.
The United Nations General Assembly passed United Nations Resolution 37/37 which stated that the Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan -
which required the elimination of all missiles with ranges between 625 and 3,500 miles by June 1, 1991, and all missiles with ranges between 300 and 625 miles within 18 months. The INF treaty is the first nuclear arms control agreement to actually reduce nuclear arms,
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symbol of the Cold War divisions between East and West, and communism and capitalism
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The were seperated for years and now they were finally a whole and could prosper
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After years of Soviet military buildup at the expense of domestic development, economic growth was at a standstill. Failed attempts at reform, a stagnant economy, and success of Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence against the Soviet Union's forces in war in Afghanistan led to a general feeling of discontent