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The World War II meeting of the of governments of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss Germany and Europe's postwar.
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A competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over supremacy in nuclear warfare.
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A program the United States created to give large amounts of economic aid to European countries.
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the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to Berlin
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military operation that brought food and other goods into West Berlin by air.
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Stalin was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party
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fight for supremacy between the U.S. and the Soviets over having the first aircraft in space.
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United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace
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The failed attempt by Cuban exiles to invade Cuba
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A confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over missile sites in Cuba.
