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Adolf Hitler invaded the Soviet union in 1941 after which the Soviet Union and U.S created an alliance.
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Winston Churchill, Franklin d. roosevelt, and Jeseph Stalin agreed on a military plan toend the war and a subsequent joint occupation of Germany.
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The Soviet Union and the United States agreed to recognize each others' influence over regions where their respective troops remained at the end of the war.
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Soviet established Soviet-controlled governments in Eastern European countries occupied by his red army
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Germany was placed under military rule and divided into zones broadly reflecting the positions of the occupying armies.
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Allies defeated Germany.
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First atomic bomb dropped as a test for the United States.
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United states dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing thousands of peolpe and ending the war with Japan.
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Upon his visit to the U.S, Winston Churchill gave the Iron Curtain Speech.
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Speech on national television stating that it was the obligation of the U.S to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed miniorities or by outside pressure."
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$17 Billion in aid for the economic recovery of Europe.
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great britain helped greece and turkey fought off the communists rebellions.
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With thte aid from U.S, both countries successfully defeated the attempted the communist takeovers.
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President Truman's National Security Council drafted NSC 68, a secret document that would be a blueprint for American policy in the Cold War.
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They announced plans to introduce a new form of currency in Germany.
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In retaliation for not having been directly consulted, the Soviets formally withdrew formt he Allied Control Council.
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When new currency was introduced in West Berlin, the Soviets protested by instituing a formal blockade of Berlin.
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U.S, joined western nations such as Canada, france, Great Britain, italy and the Netherlands to form the Netherlands to form the North Atlantic Treaty Orginazatio Aka NATO.
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Soviets perfected their nuclear technology and developed a neclear weapon of their own.
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Mao Zedong successfully led the communist revolution in china.
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The Korean War raised American alram over the spread of communism in Asia.
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With the help of soviet union, Communist North Korea invaded South Korea.
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U.S successfully tested an even more powerful nuclear device, the hydrogen bomb.
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After the U.S tested their Hydrogen bomb, Soviet Union followed a year later.
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Korean war ends in stalemate after U.S was pushed back and Macarthur was fired for taking his stand public.
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Soviet Union formed a similar military alliance with Easten european nations ssuch as Czechoslovakia, east germany, hungary, poland, and romania, known as the warsaw treaty organization.
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Hungairan citizens begain rioting and demanded more freedom from their coummunist government but was squashed with the help of the Soviet Red Army.
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The Berlin wall was created between East and West Berlin to prevent people from escaping to the west.
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The soviet union stopped a similar uprising in Czecholoslovakia than that at Hungary.
