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The Big Three Churchill (Great Britain), President Roosevet (USA), & Stalin (Soviet) at the end of World War II agreed that Stalin would join the fight against Japan to end World War II along as the United States & Great Britain allowed the Soviet Union to control Eastern Europe after the War. The Soviet Union agreed to allow free elections in Eastern Europe. This would establish the division in Europe between the United States (Western Europe) & the Soviet Union (Eastern Europe) that would be
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Doctrine sent aids to Greece. Doctrine sent aids to Turkey.. He sent them so that they could defend the communist threat.
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The U.S. made a plan. The plan was to rebuild Western European countries after World War II. It sent billions of dollars in help to rebuild the western part of europe.
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Berlin was also divided into 4 zones located in Eastern Europe. In, 1948, The Soviet Union tried to force the Western Allies out of Berlin by sealing off every way into the Western sectors of the city.
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(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Pact. In 1949, The U.s , Canada & 9 other countries formed a new military alliance. NATO & Warsaw Pacts created eastern & western blocs in Europe.
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Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons
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The Soviet Union responded by building its own military alliance. The Soviet Union and 7 satellites in East Europe formed the Warsaw Pact
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The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
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Bay of Pigs invasion--an unsuccessful action by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba
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Construction of Berlin Wall begins- Separating East Berlin (Communist) from West Berlin (Capitalist)
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state ever
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The Soviet Union ends and the Cold Waer ends
