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Arms Race
An Arms race between several European countries -
Yalta Conference
a meeting of the heads of government of Us and UK and USSR -
Period: to
Cold War
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Truman Doctrine
US President spoke that the US would support Greece and Turkey -
Marshall Plan
was an american initiative to aid Europe -
Berlin Airlift
Russian were blocked off from everyone -
Berlin Blockade
One of the first major international crises -
Korean War
war between North Korea and South Korea -
Joseph stalin dies
died in the USSR -
Nikita Khrushchev comes to power
He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -
Space Race
Competition to get to space between the USSR and the US -
Vietnam War
was also known as the Second Indochina War -
U-2 incident
US spy plan was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
was a failed military invasion of Cuba -
Berlin Wall
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Cuban Missile Crisis
was a 13 day confrontation between Soviet Union and Cuba -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
lasted 9 years -
USSR Breakup
Dissolution of the Soviet Union -
INF Treaty
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Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power
The Seventh and last leader of the Soveit Union
