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Nazi German forces moved against Poland. Treaty obligations forced England and France to declare war on Germany. For the second time in barely more than 20 years, Europe was at war
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Weeks of fighting see German forces destroyed, taken prisoner or sent packing as the Allies regroup and respond.
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Period: to
ww2 end of cold war
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The Red Army offensive is spear-headed by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Belorussian Fronts as well as the 1st Baltic Front joined by the 1st Ukrainian Front.
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Berlin Blockade by USSR begins
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The United Nations General Assembly enacts the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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The United States, Canada, and several Western European nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty, establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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The Soviet Union detonates an atomic bomb at its Kazakhstan test site.
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USSR launches Sputnik into Earth orbit
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Construction of Berlin Wall begins
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China detonates its first atomic bomb
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Saigon falls to North; the end of South Vietnam
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berlin wall falls
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cold ar ends
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Boris Yeltsin elected to presidency of Russia
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West Germany and East Germany unite
