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The Nazi Army began thier invasion into Russia. But the Nazi Army would be stopped at Stalingrad.
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The conference where all three leaders of the Allies came together to decide on how to end the war and what to do with Germany afterwards
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The three Allied Nations agreed to recognize each others influence over regions where thier troops remained by the end of the war.
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World War II comes to a close as Allied troops close in on Berlin and defeat Germany.
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Stalin Sets up totalitatian regimes in countries despite the complaint of the Allies. Despite this, the Allies to little to stop him.
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Russia and the other European nations, with thier respective troops in their areas, split Europe into two major spheres of influence.
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Winston Churchill spoke out against the wall that the Soviet Union that has build around itself using Satellite nations, claiming that Russia plans on taking over all of Europe.
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The govermnents of Greece and Turkey are fighting off Communist rebellions. Great Britain has been supporting Greece but soon ran out of funding, but they soon turned to America for help
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Truman declared that he would support any free peoples under threat of subjugation by communists or "outside minorities" This later became known as the Truman Doctrine.
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Truman introduced the Marshall plan to try and help all the European nations crippled by the war, over 17 billion was put into this plan.
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A secret document that warned that Soviet military power was becoming more powerful than the west, and that America needs to increase its nuclear power
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France, America, and Great Britain agreed to introduce a new currency into Germany.
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In protest of the new currency the rest of the Allies planned on implementing, Stalin blockaded Berlin and stopped food and anything else from entering its limits.
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Because of the blockade, American and British pilots began airlifting in supplies to west berlin in order to keep them from starving and running out of power.
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Mao successfully leads a communist rebellion and takes over China.
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The Russian army has grown powerful enough to produce nuclear weapons
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A treaty is formed to protect against Communist agression
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When Stalin found out that his attempts were in vain because of the airlifts, he re-opened West Berling and took down the barricade.
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The North Korean forces move across the 38th parallel and invade South Korea
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The US brings additional weapons and soldiers to help South Korea push back the North Korean invaders.
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A more powerful nuclear device is created, known as the hydrogen bomb is developed.
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After defying orders MacArthur is fired, starting up massive controversy within the US
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The soviet union coppies off of the American design and ability.
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The warsaw pact is created to create a military alliance between many of the communist countries
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Communist countries in the soviet Bloc attempted to rebel against communism
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The Berlin wall was constructed to prevent people from East Berlin from escaping to the west.
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Another rebellion started to try and free Czechoslovakia from the communist regime, but it was quickly put down by the Russian Army
