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Allies split Germany into 4 zones ruled by US, UK, USSR, and France.
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United Nations was started as an international organization to prevent wars.
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US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, beginning the nuclear age.
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Incompatibility of Communism and Capitalism triggered Cold War.
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Churchill coined the term ¨iron curtain¨ to describe the boundary separating communist Eastern Europe from capitalist Western Europe.
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Truman Doctrine announced, US policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations.
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The Marshall Plan was announced by Secretary of State George Marshall.
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Congress approved the $12.5 billion Marshall plan, after communist took over Czechoslovakia that year.
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The Western Allies planned to begin circulation of a new currency in their zones of Germany.
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The Western Allies begin the Berlin Airlift ( an operation of flying food and supplies into West Berlin for the city.
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US and USSR began using spies, propaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations to outmaneuver one another
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US joined with 10 Western European nations and Canada to form the North Atlantis Tready Organization, a defensive military allience.
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USSR admitted defeat by lifting the blockade.
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The USSR tested its first atomic bomb.
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US developed H-bomb.
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USSR developed H-bomb
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West Germany was admitted to Nato, resurrecting Soviet fears of a strong Germany.
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USSR formed its own alliance (Warsaw Pact) including Eastern Europe and East Germany
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Soviets developed an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of hitting the US.
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Soviets used ICBM to launch the first satellite into space. (sputnik) sent to gather data on upper atmospheris conditions.
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US launched its first satellite.
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A US spy plane was shot down ober USSR, and Poweers spent two years in Soviet prisionfor espionage.
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Soviets erected the Berlin WAll to separate communist EAst Berlin from capitalist West Berlin.
