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germany divied allies split germany into 4 zone ruled by us,ur,ussr, and France
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UN created united nation was started as internatoinal org. to provent wars
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us droped 2 atomic bombs on japan, beginning of the nuclear age
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incompatibility of communsm and capitalism triggered the cold war
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churchhill coined the term "iron curtain" to discribe the boundary separating communit Eatern Europe form capitalist Western Europe
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Truman Doctrine annonced, us policy of giving economic and millitary aid to free nations
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the marshall plan was annouced by sertary of state Grouge marshall
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congress appeoved the $12.5 billion marshall olan after commimists took over czechoslovakia the year
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the western allies planned to begain circulation of a new chrence in their zones of gremmany
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the western allies begain the berlin airlift food and supilies into western berlin for the city
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US and USSR began using spiers propayanda dislomany and seret operations to outmanever one another
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us joined with10 western europeannations and canada to form the north atlantic tready organizaton a defsive military alliece
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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 dveluped h-bomb
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ussr developed H-bomb
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west germany was admitted to nato, resurrecting soviet fears of strong germany
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ussr found it own alliance including eastern europe and eastern germany