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U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere.
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American program to aid Europe. The United States gave support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.
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The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
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War between South Korea and North Korea
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It was a mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.
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It was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries.
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United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union.
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Unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba.
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Completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin.
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13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other.
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Apollo 11. First man on moon
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Nine-year war fought by the Soviet Army and the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against the Afghan Mujahideen guerrilla movement and foreign "Arab–Afghan" volunteers.
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U.S. victory within a matter of weeks.
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Wall comes down and puts Berlin back together as one entire city.
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The independence of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.
