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Allies split Germany into war zones ruled by US, UK, USSR, and France.
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United Nations was started as international organization to revent wars.
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US dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan, starting nuclear age.
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Stalin openly declared the incompatility.
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Churchhill coined the term ¨Iron Curtain¨ to describe the boundary separating communist Eastern Europe from capitalist Western Europe.
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Truman Doctrine was a US policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents.
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Announced by Secretary of state George Marshall, a plan to help European countries rebuild.
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After communists took over Czechoslovakia Congress approved a $12.5 billion plan.
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The western allies planned to begin circulation of a new currency in their zones in Germany.
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The western allies begin the Berlin Aircraft, a massive operation of flying food and supplies into West Berlin to substain the whole city.
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US and USSR begin using spies, progaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations to outmaneuver one another.
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US joined with 10 western countries and Canada to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a defensive military group.
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USSR admitted defeat by lifting the blockade.
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USSR tests its first Atomic bomb.
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US developed H-Bomb
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USSR developed their own H-Bomb
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West Germanywas admitted to NATO, resurrecting Soviet fears of Strong Germany.
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USSR formed its own alliance called the Warsaw.
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Soviets developed an intercontinental ballistic missile which could hit the US.
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Soviets use ICBM to launch the first Satellite in space.
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US launched its first Satellite.
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A US spy plane (CIA U-2 plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers) was shot down over USSR, and Powers spent two years in Soviet prison for espionage.
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Soviets erected the Berlin Wall to separate communist East Berlin from capitlist West Berlin.