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President Truman gives permission to drop the world's first military use of an atomic weapon against Japan to conclude World War II.
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The USSR declares war on Japan within 3 months of the victory in Europe.
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Salin blocks Berlin in an attempt to starve out the French, British, and American forces from the city. In response, the three Western powers launch the Berlin Aircraft to supply the citizens of Berlin by air.
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North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War.
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An armistice agreement ends the gighting in the Korean War.
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The Warsaw Pact is founded by Eastern Europe and includes East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria and the Soviet Union. It acts as the Communist military counterpart to NATO.
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Sputnik satellite is launched.
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Fidel Castro becomes the leader of Cuba although refrains from declaring the country Communist.
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The Berlin Wall is built by the Soviets.
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The Soviets have secretly been installing military bases, including nuclear weapons, on Cuba (90 miles away from the US). Kennedy orders a "quarantine" which is a naval blockade, of the island. This brings the US and USSR to the brink of a nuclear war. In the end, both sides reach a comprise.
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The Berlin Wall is breached when Politburo spokesman does not fully inform the procedures of the newly agreed lifting of travel restrictions. He mistakely announces at a news conference in East Berlin that the borders have been opened.
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Germany is reunified.
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Warsaw Pact is formally dissolved.
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President George H. W. Bush delivers a Christmas Day speech acknowledging the end of the Cold War.
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