Cold War source information from http://www.factmonster.com/timelines/coldwar.html
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Yalta Conference was held to determine the fate of Germany at the end of World War II. Germany was divided into 4 occupation zones.
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Winston Churchill gives famous "Iron Curtain" speech marking the start of the Cold War.
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Truman request money to aid Greece and Turkey to fight off communism.
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Campaign against Russia to starve West Berlin
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization is formed by Berlin, Canada, Demark. France. Iceland. Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States,
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N. Korea invades S. Korea. The UN makes its first attack on July 4 of the same year.
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CIA assist in overthrowing the Guatamalan communist government.
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Southeast Asian Treaty Organiztion is formed to stop the spread of communism.
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Warsaw Pact is formed in response to NATO
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Vietnam war start after country is divided by communism. US involvement is from 1961-1973.
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Under Fidel Castro Cuba becomes communist.
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Germany is divided by the Berlin wall
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Soviet Union uses Cuba as a military installation
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USA and USSR set up direct line of communication for crisis times.
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Soviet Union accusses US of encouraging attack by the Isreali in the West Bank
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USSR and Warsaw pact go into Czechoslovakia to restore communist power
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Nixon is the first US president to visit communist China marking the thawing of the Cold War.
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Regan annouces new missile defense system.
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Mikhail Gorbachev starts straying from old communist ways
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President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sign INF Treaty removing medium & short range missiles
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Soviet reforms allows for changes in communist governments opening the borders in Germany.
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President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign calling for disarment of US an Soviet nuclear weapons. Soviet Union breaks apart ending the Cold War
