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World war 2 ends
This also ends American-Soviet relations -
The Marshal plan
Truman uses this to contain soviet expansion -
Berlin Blockade
Resulted in the airlift which increased tensions -
NATO created
NATO created to deter any aggression from the Soviet bloc -
Korean war
USSR fails to show up at a veto in the UN which causes the first proxy war. -
Warsaw pact
Russia's response to the creation of NATO -
Peaceful coexistence
Krushchev calls for peaceful coexistence -
Hungarian uprising
Demonstrates that the Warsaw Pact is not ideologicaly unified -
Berlin Wall built
Berlin Wall is built to prevent further western expansion -
Cuban missile crisis
Almost causes nuclear war due to brinkmanship -
Prague spring ends
Ends when the USSR invades and then followed by the Brezhnev Doctrine -
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Nuclear nonproliferation treaty is signed -
Vietnam war ends
Vietnam war ends demonsrating the failure of containment and the domino theory -
Helsinki accords
Helsinki accords provide a degree of détente -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan leads to more hostility -
Solidarity trade union
Solidarity trade union organizes pro democratic movement in Poland -
Berlin Wall taken down
The Berlin Wall is torn down and Germany is reunified -
Warsaw Pact dissolved
The Warsaw Pact is dissolved and the some members seek to join NATO -
Start signed
START signed to reduce nuclear weapons being created -
The Soviet Union dissolves
The USSR dissolves ending the Cold War
