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The Communists liberal army and the anti communists supported by Great Britain fought over control of Greece.
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Truman asked for $400 million in aid for Greece and Turkey in a joint session in Congress. In requesting this, he established the Truman Doctrine.
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The Truman Doctrine was followed by the European Recovery Program. Proposed by General George C. Marshall, U.S. Secretary of State, its better known as the Marshall Plan. The plan provided $13 billion to rebuild the war torn Europe.
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George Kennan argued for a policy of containment, to keep communism within its existing boundaries and prevent further aggreissve Soviet moves.
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The Soviet Union responded to the Marshall Plan by founding the Council for MUtual Economic Assistance for the economic cooperation of the Eastern European states. COMECON largely failed and were not able to provide much financial aid.
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The Soviets, wanting to avoid war just as much as the U.S. did, lifted their blockade put up to prevent incomers.
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The Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany was created. Less than a month later, the Democratic Republic was created, or East Gernamy, showing thr separation of the country.
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Chiang Kai-shek lost control of China and the communist Mao Zedong announced the formation of the People's Republic of China.Mao's victory strengthened the U.S.'s fear about the communists.
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The Soviet Union launched it's first atomic bomb
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The Soviets tested their first atomic bomb
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New military alliances spread to the rest of the world after the U.S. became involved in the Korean war.
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The Soviet Union joined with Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania in a formal military alliance known as the Warsaw Pact.
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The U.S. had developed military alliances with 42 states around the world to stem Soviet aggressions.
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Nikita emerged as leader
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Both the Soviet Union and the U.S. had developed the hydrogen bomb
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The Soviets sent out Sputnik, the first human-made satellite to orbit earth. The U.S. feared that this meant the Soviets were also ahead of them with missiles
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Fidel Castro overthrew Cuba's leader
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U.S. invasion of Cuba
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Khrushchev began placing missiles in Cuba
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the U.S. put on a blockade to stop supplies going in to the missiles
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The U.S. sent troops to Vietnam to fight
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Nixon agreed to withdraw troops from North Vietnam