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Stalin's speech about the inevitable war between communism and capitalism. It's believed to be the start of the Cold War.
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Winston Churchill's speech called out the actions of Stalin's Soviet Unions post-WWII land grab in Europe
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The Soviet Union begin a blockade around Berlin that prevented western nations from having access to their sector of Berlin.
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Western democratic nations signed a treaty to counter the Soviet Union's aggression towards Europe.
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The Soviet Union is the second nation to have the atomic bomb. This would be the first step towards a nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the US.
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In response to fear of communist infiltration in the US. US Senator Joe McCarthy sets out on a witch hunt to find potental communist spies within the US.
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An aggrement between Soviet satellite states with the Soviet Union to protect each other. This was largely a counter force to NATO's presence in Europe.
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Soviet Union launch the first satelite into space. Resulted in the start of the space race between the Soviet Union and the US.
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The wall was erected by East Germany in order to cut off West Berlin from ease of moverment. It was a symbol of the physical division of ideology of Communism vs Democracy.
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Cuban Missle Crisis was a result of the Soviet Union placing nuclear weapons on Cuba which led the US into panic. The Soviet Union eventually backed down after 14 days which possibly prevented WWIII.
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An attempt between the US and the Soviet Union to desculate the Cold War. The treaty helped ease tension between the two superpower after the Cuban Missle Crisis.
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US is the first to have a man landed on the moon. The Apollo 11 landing would be a huge accomplishment in mankinds achievement as a species but it would also end the space race with the Soviet Union.
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Treaty between the US and the Soviet Union to start dismantling and reducing certain nuclear weapons. Actions indicate a desculation of nuclear war between nations.
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The Berlin Wall falls as East Germany's government allows the movement of its citizens to the west. This was the a defining step in the Cold War that would lead to the end of the Soviet Union.
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The Soviet Union falls when President Gorbachev dissolves the communist party. This action would end the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
