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Discussions were held to talk about Europes future. There was much tension between leaders and coudn't agree on matters. Joseph Stalin believed they should take most of Eastern Europe because they had a long road to recovery. However, American and British leaders feared the spread of communism.
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Joseph Stalin states publicaly war was invevitable between the East and the West. A month later Winston Churchill explains the Iron Curtiain in a public speech in the U.S. The Iron Curtain was the division from the East and West, Communism and Democracy.
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President Truman believed another war was comming.
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President Truman offers countries help to resist communism. The Truman Doctrine was a pledge to provide economic and military aid to oppose the spread of communism.
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The U.S. government aids Europe. The Marchall Plan helped Europe rebuild what they lost in the war and stabled out the economy and politcal issues.
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The Soviets block off the routes into West Berlin. No resources could be supplied as a result the Berlin Airlift was organized to transport supplies by air.
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The Berlin Airlift was a success and the blockade was soon called off.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) was formed to fend off Soviet power in Europe.
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The Soviets make a successful atomic bomb. The tides have changed and the U.S. has to be on guard.
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The Korean War begins. North Korea attacks South Korea. North Korea wants to unite the whole country as a communist government.
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The U.S. make a hydrogen bomb. However, the Soviets make their own a year later.
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North and South Korea stays as two seperate nations and called an armistice. 4 Million people died in this war.
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The Soviet Union and communist countries in Eastern Europe formed the Warsaw Pact.
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The Vietnam War begins. The U.S. aids South Vietnam to stop the spread of communism.
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The arms reace evolves to another level and the Soviets launch Sputnik, a satellite, into space.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administraion(NASA) is fromed to research outer space and space technology.
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Fidel Castro overthrows the Cuban dictator in the Cuban Revolution and becomes the head of the country. He forms close ties with the Soviets.
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The Berlin wall was built to cut off East and West Berlin. This also prevented poeple from moving in or out of the nation.
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Missiles were found in Cube with multiple launching sites. The U.S. was within targeting radius and threatened the U.S.
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The U.S. and the Soviet Union agrees on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces(INF) Treaty. Relationships between the two countries are improving through the years.
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The Berlin Wall falls. Marking the end of the Cold War.
