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President Truman said he would help any country facing a Communist takeover.
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The French, USA and UK partitions of Germany were merged to form West Germany
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation formed.
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The Warsaw Pact was formed including East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union.
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US troops sent to Vietnam.
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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed between the US and USSR.
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The Velvet Revolution, also known as the Gentle Revolution, was a series of peaceful protests in Czechoslovakia that led to the overthrow of the Communist government.
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The Warsaw Pact which allied Communist countries was ended
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Mikhail Gorbachev resigned. The hammer and sickle flag on the Kremlin was lowered
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Russia formally recognised the end of the Soviet Union
