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When the war in Europe ended in May 1945 ,much of Germany was in ruins and it had no functioning government. The victorious allies needed to establish a system governed Germany and rebuild the nation
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Stalin stated publicly that he believed war between the East and west bound to happen in the future . The next month , former British leader winstone Churchill gave a speech in the United States .
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In mid 1947 , the U.S. government launched a massive program of economic aid . The Marshall plan , named after U.S secretary of state George Marshall plan
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In 1949 the soviet union tests an atomic bomb , and communist gain control of China . This nuclear weapon surprised the United States because they were not expecting this weapon to be used on them .And it had caused many Americans to question theire own safety .
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As the sovit union was developing new powerful weapons ,it was weakening th U.S. power . So the U.S. sought to produce an even powerful weapon , the hydrogen bomb.
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In 1957 Soviet union launched this was history's first artificial satellite . Americans always thought that they had technologies advantages over the soviets but with the launched of sputnik Americans feared that soviets military had leaped ahead with there technology.
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In 1962 came the Cuban missile crisis, it was a confrontation between the United states and the Soviet union ,.
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Communism in Cuba In 1959 rebels under leadership of Fidel Castro overthrew Cubas dictator and installed a communist government .
