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The European front ends although there is still conflict in the Pacific for another few months.
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Soviet forces blockade west Berlin from recieving any aid from allied forces. This blockade lasted around a year.
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The Soviets were building nuclear missle sites on Cuba so JFK blockaded the island. This crisis went on for almost two weeks.
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This War served as a "proxy-war" where America and the Allied countries backed South Vietnam while communist countries like China and Russia backed North Vietnam. This conflict lasted for 20 years.
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Hungary, with the influence of American government, attempts to overthrow the Soviet Union in Hungary. The attmepts failed.
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A CIA organized invasion of Cuba in an attempt to overthrow the Communist regime and Fidel Castro.
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Communist Germany walled in the democratic "West Berlin"
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In an attempt to stall the growth of communism in the political unrest of the Dominican Republic, President Lyndon Johnson sends 22,000 troops to "secure our nation's safety"
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Treaty attempting to stop the spread of nuclear arms. Both Russia and the United States signed, promising to not use nuclear weapons, thereby eliminating the threat.
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Communist forces take over Siagon, effectively ending the war.
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First trade union in a Warsaw Pact country that was not controlled by a communist party.
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As Grenada and Cuba relations grow, the US became increasingly threatened by the Marxist government. To secure a sense of safety, President Reagan orders a marine invasion.
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Eliminated the Communist Party’s monopoly on power and establishing the Congress of People’s Deputies. He recieved criticism from both communists and reformers which evenutally led to the collapse of his presidency.
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A symbolic end to the Cold War (though tensions were/are still high)
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After an unsuccessful coup by "hard-line communists" attempting to end Mikhail Gorbachev's presidency, the communist party collapses. Days later, Yeltsin is elected President of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
