Cold War

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  • Formation of the United Nations

    United Nations was formed in case of restore peace.

  • Marshall Plan

    Economic plan to offer aid to all nations in Europe from America.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Containment policy was to stop the Soviet expansion and the spread of communism.

  • Comecon

    Economic organization of communist states. The USSR did not allow the satellites to choose their own eonomic policies.

  • NATO

    Military support to one another in case of any foreign attack.

  • Birth of the two German states

    The birth of German Federal Republic, the democratic one and the German Democratic Republic, the communist one.
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    Korean War

    Korea was divide into two parts. Occupied by the Soviets (North) and the USA (South). Question of unification is still a smoking issue.

  • Warsaw Pact

    Mutual defense and assistance within the Eastern Block led by USSR.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    An unsuccessful attempt by a US-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade Cuba.
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    Berlin wall

    GDR built the wall in one night. It became the symbol of communist terror int the Cold War. People couldn't pass the wall between the west and east.

  • SALT I and SALT II

    Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.Main aim to reduce the number of the nuclear weapons, with that stopping the arms which was very dangerous. SALT II in 1979.

  • Independence

    Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Kosovo declared their independence.