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Iron Curtain
After WW2, The Unites States and Great Britain established and Iron Curtain that would physicaly divide Europe into two. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctine was a doctrine that would AID both Greece and Turkey and to help endthe long time rivalry between the two nations. -
Containment Policy
The Goal for the containment policy was to contain expansion and prevent nuclear war in eastern Europe. the containment policy was between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a plan that consisted of assisitng Europe econonmic recovery with direcy financial aid to Europe After the war has nearly torn apart Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was an airlift that lasted for more than a year and carried more than 2.3 million tons of cargo into West Berlin. Then event lasted from June 24, 1948 - May 11, 1949. The airlift was between the United States, Great Britain,The Soviet Union, and Germany.Truman did not want to start a WW3 so instead he ordered an airlift in West Berlin -
Korean War
the Korean War took place in june 25, 1950 and ended in july 27 1953. the war was fought in the Korean peninsula and it consisted of South Korea against North Korea. the Korean War began when North Korean army crossed the 38th parallel and invaded non communist South Korea. -
Rosenberg Trial
The Rosenberg Trail was a trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. The two were accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. But the treason could not be charged because the United States was not at war with the Soviet Union. -
Sputnik
A group of scientists led by Mikhail Tikhonravov began the creation of the sputnik.The Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957 at 7:28 P.M. The sputnik later crashed and burned up on January 4, 1958, the launch of the sputnik ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. -
U2 Spyplane Incident
On May 1, 1960, The Soviet Union shot down an American U2 spyplane that was flying over The Sovient Union. CIA pilot Fancis Gary Powershad been on a secret mission which consisted to fly over and photograph denied territory from his U2 Spyplane. -
Bay Of Pigs
The Bay Of Pigs invasion was a latin american invasion of De Playa Giron in Cuba. But it was a failed U.S military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA sponsored paramilitary group.
