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Big Three (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) meet to discuss German terms of surrender.
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Period of international tension between the US and USSR.
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Nickname reffering to the communist nations in Europe.
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USA provides military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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US economic recovery of war-torn Europe.
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US and British airplanes fly supplies to West Germany.
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Soviets block all entrances into Berlin.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization- a military alliance against the USSR.
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Superpowers compete in building their armed forces.
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United Nations sent troops to stop the spread of communism.
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Soviet leader Joseph Stalin dies.
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Alliance of Communist Block Nations, similar to NATO.
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Vietnam was split into two states, North Vietnam being communist and South Vietnam being Democratic.
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First satellite to orbit Earth.
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Soviet Union and US race to be the first in space.
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American spy plane shot down by USSR.
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Cuban exiles invade Cuba and fail.
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Keep in East Germans and stop them from going to West Germany.
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USSRK placed nuclear missiles in Cuba
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East and West Germany reunite after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
