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The "Iron Curtain" is a term used to represent the sharp division of Europe after WWII. {Also between Warsaw Pact and NATO countries}.
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The Truman Doctrine was a pledge to help countries with economic and military aid to oppose the spread of communism.
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The Marshall Plan provided 13 billion dollars to help rebuild Europe. This plan was named after George Marshall.
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The attempt to supply West Berlin by air after Soviet troops and armies blocked off certain trade routes to try and drive people out of the city.
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After the airlift, the U.S, Canada, and most western European countries joined together in a military alliance called the NATO.
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The Soviet Union and nations of Eastern Europe form their own alliance, the Warsaw Pact.
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South Vietnam was an allie of the US and North Vietnam was an allie of the USSR. The US feared if North Vietnam won the war other countries in South Asia would also fall to Communism.
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The wall was created to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West.
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A confrontation came between the Soviet Union and the U.S over the Soviets installing nuclear missiles in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy convinced the soviets to remove their missiles, and in return he promised to removed U.S nuclear missiles from Turkey and not to attack.
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The Cold War began to unthaw in Eastern Europe, and the spokesperson announced that the east's relations with the west had changed, and at midnight, the wall would be torn down.
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formally dissolved.
