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Yalta Conference
a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt -
VE-Day
the public holiday to mark the acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
postdam confrence
Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Harry Truman met in Germany, -
atomic bombs
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
VJ-Day
The celebration of america's victory over Japan. -
iron curten speach
The British Prime ministers out look on the divide of the country -
trueman doctren
an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony -
Molotov Plan
the system created by the Soviet Union in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe -
marshall plan
an American initiative to aid Western Europe -
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berlin blockaid
an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin -
Creation Of NATO
an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
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Korean war
a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States fought for the South, and China fought for the North -
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cuban revolution
an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's -
Warsaw Pact
was a collective defense treaty among Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe -
spuitnick
the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it -
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Bay of Pigs
a faild cuban invasion -
berlin wall
the Wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin -
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cuban missle crisisst
a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
lunar landing
the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon.
