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United Nations was started as an international organization to prevent war.
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Allies split germany into 4 zones by US, UK, USSR, and France.
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U.S, dropped two atomic bombs on Japan.
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Churchill coined term "iron curtain" to describe the boundary separating Eastern and Western Europe.
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The truman Doctrine wwas to give and to free nationsthreatened by opponent.
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The Marshall Plan was to help rebuild European countries.
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The Congress approved the $12.5 billion plan after communist took over Czechosolvakia.
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Western Allies began circulation of currency in their zones.
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The Western Allies began the Berlin Airlift, flying food and supplies in.
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U.S. and USSR started using spies.
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U.S. joined 10 nations to form NATO
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USSR admitted defeat by lifting the blockade.
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USSR tested its first atomic bomb.
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U.S. developed the H-Bomb.
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USSR created its first H-Bomb.
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West Germany was admitted to NATO
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USSR formed its own alliance called Warsaw.
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Soviets developed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
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Soviets used an ICBM to launch first satillite.
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A U.S. spy plane was shot down over USSR. Francis Powers spent two years in Soviet prison for espionage.
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Soviets erected the Berlin Wall to separated East and West Berlin.