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Cold War
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Potsdam Conference
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. -
Beginning of the Cold War
The open struggle for open power and influence between the Soviet Union and the U.S. in the decades after World War 2. -
Berlin Blockade/ Airlift
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. -
Berlin Wall
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. -
Cuban missle Crisis
Climax of the cold warbetween soviet Union and tge United States. soviet installed nuclear missles on the island of cuba 100 miles from Flordia. -
Vietnam War
War spanded more than a decade and caused massive disruption both in South Asia and United States war ended complete communist take over. -
Glasnot/ Perestroika
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. -
Fall of thhe communism/ Soviet Union
11 republicans became independent states at that time, along with Georgia which declined to join the CIS.