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After WWII, Germany had been divided into four zones, each rules by he US, Britian, France, and the USSR
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United Narions had just been created.
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US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, beginning the nuclear age
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Stalin openly declared the incompatiblity of communism and capitalism, trigging the Cold War
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Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the boundary separting communist Eastern Europe from capitalist Western Europe
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The Truman Doctrine was a US policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents.
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The Marshall Plan was a US program to give assistance to help European countries rebuild after the war.
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Congress Approved the $12.5 billion plan only after communists took over Czechoslovakia
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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, a massive operation of flying food and supplies into West Berlin to sustain the whole city.
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US and USSR Began using spies, propaganda, diplomacy, and secret operation to outmaneuver one another
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US joined with 10 Western European nations and Canada to form military alliance
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USSR admitted defeat by lifting the blockade
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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 called the Warsaw Pact, which included all of Eastern Europe and East Germany
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Soviets erected the Berlin Wall to separate communist East Berlin from capitalist West Berlin
