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The US and Soviet Union form an alliance when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. They push aside their differences (ideology) and work together to defeat Hitler in WWII
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Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin agree on a military plan to end the war, and joint occupation of Germany.Stalin promised free elections for Poland, because Us wanted an independent democratic Eastern Europe.
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In Potsdam, Germany the Soviet Union and the US agreed and recognized eachother's rights to influence the regions where their troops remained postwar.
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After the Allies defeated Germany; Stalin established soviet-controlled govs in Eastern European. Totalitarium communist regimes arose. East and West Europe was divided into two spheres of influence
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The US tested the first atomic bomb in New Mexico. In Aug, it was dropped on Japan's Hiroshima & Nagasaki. This bomb dramatically increased the consequences of armed force between Soviet Union and US
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Germany was palced under military rule after WWII. It was divided into zones, occupied by different countries: America, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. Berlin-the capital was divided aw well, even though inside Soviet territory.
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Churchill delievers a speech in the US, depicting the state of Europe having an iron curtain placed by the Soviet Union
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Europe wrecked by war was vunerable to socialist or Soviet-communist style gov. Thus $17 billion was to be sent as economic aid, but the countries must agree to buy American products; supporting American capitalism & economy.
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In early 1947 Greece & Turkey were fighting off Communist rebellions. Britain's funds for them ran dry, so they turned to the US for assistance.
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President Truman gave a speech on national television stating that it was the obligation of the US to support the free people resisting enslavement (communism). This speech outlined the US's Cold War policy: containment.
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The NSC 68 was a secret document that was a blueprint for the American policy during the Cold War. Its authors warned that the Soviet Union had greater millitary capabilites and was rapidly improving. Thus Truman increased military spending to $50 billion per year
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France, Britain, and the US planned to introduce a new currenc in Germany w/o consulting the Soviet Union. Thus the Soviets withdrew from the Allied Control Council.
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The Soviets set a formal blockade in Berlin as retaliation for the introduction of a new currency. This closed all road, rail, and water routes to & from the city.
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The US airlifted supplies to Berlin in an attempt to aid West Berlin w/o starting an armed conflict with Berlin.
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The Us joined western nations like Canada, France, Britain, Italy, and the Netherlands to form NATO. Its member nations formed a military alliance to protect achother from Soviet agression.
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The American monopoly on nuclear power ended in 1949, when the Soviets perfected their own nuclear technology & developed a nuclear weapon of their own.
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Mao Zedong led a successful Communist Revolution in China. Mao's gov allied itself w/ the Soviet Union. The US formerally allies w/ its previous nationalist gov now saw China w/ alarm & hostility.
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Stalin had all routes to Berlin reopened, but it still remained a divided city.
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The Korean War increased US's alarm to the spread of communism in Asia. North backed by the Soviet Union; South backed by the US & UN. Korea was divided at the 38th parallel.
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Communist North Korea w/ arms from the Soviets, invaded South Korea.The UN condemned the invasion & authorized troops to be sent under US MacArthur. The US troops were winning until the Chinese got involved.
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The US made a more powerful nuclear device: the hydrogen bomb.
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The Korean War ended in a stalemate.
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The Soviet Union recreated the US's most powerful bomb: the hydrogen bomb.
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The Soviet Union formed a military alliance with Eastern European Nations: Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. Smilar to NATO, called the Warsaw Pact.
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Hungarian citizens began rioting & demanded more freedom from their Communist gov. They threatened the return of a parliamentary democracy. The US (Eisenhower) didn't send help for fear of WWIII. Khrushchev took over the capital Budapest w/ the Red army's tanks. They were brutally crushed, returned to a Soviet-style Communist nation.
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The Soivet Union built a wall in Berlin dividing into East & West to keep the people on their side from escaping.
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The Czechoslovakian Uprising was brutally crushed, and Hungary was returned to a Soviet-style Communist nation.It was similar to Hungary's
