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It Occurs, Deciding The Post-War Stadus OF Germany. The Allies Of World War II(The USA, The USSR, Great British And France) Divide Germany Into Four Occupations Zones.
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He gave permission for the world's second and last military use of an atomic weapon against the Japanese city of Nagasaki in order to try to secure a swift Japanese unconditional surrender in the end of the Second World War
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writes a response to Kennan's Long Telegram, known as the 'Novikov Telegram', in which he states that the United States are "striving for world supremacy"
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Greece and Turkey, signalling its intent to contain communism in the Mediterranean.
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in an attempt to starve out the French, British, and American forces from the city. In response, the three Western powers launch the Berlin Airlift to supply the citizens of Berlin by air.
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Indonesia from the Netherlands through the Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference with Sukarno as the first president of the newly formed federation.
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it is founded by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States, in order to resist Communist expansion.
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The test, known to Americans as Joe 1, succeeds, as the Soviet Union becomes the world's second nuclear power.
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Known as the Schuman Declaration, it marks the beginning of the creation of the European Community.
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end American involvement in the Vietnam War. Congress cuts off funds for the continued bombing of Indochina.
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genocide ensues, later referred to as "The Killing Fields".
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U.S.-backed Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua. The Contra insurgency begins shortly thereafter.
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Reagan is elected on a platform opposed to the concessions of détente.
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becomes General Secretary of the Soviet Union
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beginning Gulf War.
