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NATO
NATO is short for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Members from United States, Canada, and ten other countries pledged to help one another if any one of them were attacked. -
Chinese Civil War
It was a gain for the soviet union and a loss for the United States and its democratic allies. The number of people under communist rule had more than tripled. -
Korean Conflict
The Nations of Korea occupied a peninsula on China's northeastern border. Korea was split in two by rival forces after WW2. And like other divided lands, the two koreas found themselves on opposite sides in the Cold War. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union responded by forming its own military alliance, the Warsaw Pact. It included the Soviet Union and seven satelites in Eastern in Eastern Europe. Was often invoked by the Soviets to keep its satellites in order. -
Communist Cuba
Castro led his army to victory and set about to transform the country. He nationalized buisnesses and put land under the government. He restricted Cuban's political freedom -
Berlin Wall
it was a wall that split up East and West Berlin because people would try to flea to West Berlin because it was free and East Berlin was Comunisim. People would try to jump over the wall and get shot or just get cought in the Barbed wire. -
Nuclear race and Detente
The nuclear race was a race between countries to come up with nuclear weaponds better than other countries. it got to a point where there were threats. Finally American and Soviet arms control agreements led to an era of detente, or relaxation of tensions. -
Vietnam Conflict
Two years after America Withdrew from the contry North Vietnamese conquered South Vietam. There were a lot of deaths that had built up over the time span of the war. -
Soviets in Afganastan
A Soviet-supported Afghan government had tried to modernized the nation. When Warlords took up arms against the government, the Soviet Troops moved in. -
Eastern Europe independence
As Soviet Union crumbled, Eastern Europeans demanded an end to Soviet domination. This time they got it. They were tired of the Soviets and wanted to break away and so they had enough so they stop them -
soviet union falls
the soviet republics separated to for 12 indepenant nations in addition to the three baltic States
