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Postdam Confrence
The final WWII meeting of leaders on the "big three". This meeting decided the fate of germany, including verious arrgenents on war topics such as german economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries and reparations. -
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Beginning of the Cold War
The Cold War was the geopolitical, ideological, and economic war like struggle between the USA and the USSR, that started in 1947 at the end of the Second World War and lasted until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The war included the race to space, and to the moon. -
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to Berlin.The western powers instituted an airlift that lasted nearly a year and delivered much-needed supplies and relief to West Berlin. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long civil conflict between the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The United states peaked in the war in 1969 with having over 500,000 personal in vietnam. the U.S lost over 50,000 to the war. -
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Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was constructed to seperate east berlin from west berlin. The purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state. The wall stood untill Nov. 9 1989, when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shore of flordia, Kennedy made it clear the missile was there and activated a naval blockade around cuba. -
Glasnot / Perestroika
a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his "openess" policy form. -
Fall of Communism / Soviet Union (End of Cold War)
11 Soviet Republics announced that they would no longer be part of the Soviet Union. Instead, they declared they would establish a Commonwealth of Independent States. 3 declared independence from the USSR prior, only 1 Remained apart, Georgia. The Soviet Union Fell.