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Final wartime meeting of the leaders of the allied "big three" and delt with the future of Germany and the role of the Soviet Union in the war against Japan.
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The open struggle for open power and influence between the Soviet Union and the U.S. in the decades after World War 2.
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Most extraordinary peactime military operation in history. Communist(east)block off capitalism(west), so U.S. files over it. Defiant response but avoided physical conflict Americans were intent on preventing the spread of communism.
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German police and Units began to set up barbed wire on east germany territorry surrounding the entire city of west berlin, approximit length of 97 miles.
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Climax of the cold warbetween soviet Union and tge United States. soviet installed nuclear missles on the island of cuba 100 miles from Flordia.
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War spanded more than a decade and caused massive disruption both in South Asia and United States war ended complete communist take over.
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Boris Yeltsin was elected Russias 1st popular president reconstructing the organization of the soviet Union. Proved difficult and the effects were mixed, social freedoms were permited.
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11 republicans became independent states at that time, along with Georgia which declined to join the CIS.