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when did ww2 end
world war 2 ended on september 2nd 1945 the war lasted 6 years and 1 day (google) -
united nations
was a replacement for the league of the nations (google) -
churchill's iron curtain speech
In one of the most famous orations of the Cold War period, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill condemns the Soviet Union's policies in Europe. (google) -
truman doctrine
the principle that the US should give support to countries threatened by communist. (google)(Oxford dictionaries) -
marshall plan
Financial aid and other initiatives sponsored by the US. (google)
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berlin airlift
airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of West Berlin (Oxford dictionaries)(google)(bing) -
NATO
North American Treaty Organization -
USSR's first atomic bomb test
At a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning.” (google)(history.com) -
mutually assured destruction/mad plan
is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender. (google) -
china's civil war
Civil war broke out in 1946, ending in a victory by Mao Zedong’s Communist forces (google) (history.com) -
Korean war
The war of 1950-53 between North and South Korea -
H-bomb
The United States detonates the world’s first thermonuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb. (google) (history.com) -
dwight d eisenhower
34th president of the US (google) -
stalin's death
March 5, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha, Moscow, Russia (google) -
end of the korean war
June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953 (google) -
SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, signed in September 1954 in Manila, Philippines. (google)(wikipedia) -
vietam war
a war between communist North Vietnam and US backed South Vietnam. (bing) (oxford dictionaries) -
warsaw pact
A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO, the Warsaw Pact included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. (google) -
eisenhower doctrine
The term Eisenhower Doctrine refers to a speech by President Dwight David Eisenhower on 5 January 1957, within a "Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle East."
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sputnik
a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which (launched on October 4, 1957) was the first satellite to be placed in orbit. (google) -
when did fidel castro take over cuba
Cuban leader Fidel Castro (1926-) established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. He ruled over Cuba for nearly five decades, until handing off power to his younger brother Raúl in 2008. (google) -
francis gary powers
was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. (Wikipedia) -
john f kennedy
was the 35th president of the united states in january of 1961 (google.com) -
lyndon johnson
was the 36th president of the united states (google) -
bay of pigs
site attempted invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro forces. (bing)(oxford dictionaries) -
berlin wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic.
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cuban missile crisis
am international crisis, the US discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. (bing) (oxford dictionaries) -
when was JFK shot and killed
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.
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richard nixon
was the 37th president of the U.S (google) -
salt - first strategic plan limitations treaty
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) were two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union—the Cold War superpowers—on the issue of armament control. (wikipedia) -
nasa's first moon landing
Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on July 20, 1969. (wikipedia) -
gerald ford
38th president of the US (google) -
jimmy carter
39th president of the US (google) -
soviets invade afghanistan
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. (wikipedia) -
U.S boycott of the summer olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. (wikipedia) -
miracle on ice
he "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on Friday, February 22. (wikipedia) -
ronald reagan
40th president of the US (google) -
star wars- strategic defense initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan. The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union. (wikipedia) (google) -
george bush (senior)
41st president of the US (google) -
when did soviets leave afghanistan
On 15 February 1989, the Soviet Union announced that all its troops had left Afghanistan. (google) -
tiananamen square
Tiananmen Square is a large city square in the centre of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen ("Gate of Heavenly Peace") located to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City. (wikipedia) -
berlin wall falls
On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. (history.com) -
when did gorbachev come to power
On March 14, 1990, the Congress of People’s Deputies elected Gorbachev to a five-year term as president. -
boris yeltstin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was a Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. (Wikipedia) -
collapse of the soviet union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was formally enacted on December 26, 1991. (wikipedia)
