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Cold War
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Korean War
Korea was occupied by Japan until the end of WW2. After the end of WW2, Korea was divided by the US to the south and Russiaand China to the North similar to what happened in Germany. -
Bay of pigs invasion
an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles -
Berlin Wall
After World War Two, Germany was split into four zones, each occupied by one of the four Allied powers that defeated the Nazis. The zones controlled by France, Great Britain and America became West Germany, or Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany). The Soviet-controlled zone became East Germany, or Deutsche Demokratische Republik (Germany Democratic Republic). Germany's capital, Berlin, -
Cuban Missile Crisis
President Kennedy did not want the Soviet Union and Cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. He met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem. They then began to gain more and more missiles. -
Vietnam War
Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia, Laos and in the bombing of North Vietnam. The capitalist South Vietnam forces were assisted by troops from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. At the height of the war in 1969 this force comprised 800,000+ troops. -
The end of cold war
The fall of the Berlin Wall. The shredding of the Iron Curtain. The end of the Cold War.