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The French, USA and UK partitions of Germany were merged to form West Germany
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Those living in Western Berlin had no access to food supplies and faced starvation. Food was brought to Western Berliners by US and UK airplanes, an exercise known as the Berlin Airlift.
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Russia ended the blockade of Berlin.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation formed with member states Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States
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Joseph Stalin died at the age of 74.
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formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union.
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A force of Cuban exiles aided by the US government attempted to invade Cuba and overthrow the Communist government of Fidel Castro. The attempt failed.
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Berlin wall built and borders sealed between East and West Germany.
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JF Kennedy was assassinated visiting Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald was the murderer
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150,000 US troops sent to Vietnam.
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Warsaw Pact forces entered Czechoslovakia in a bid to stop the reforms known as Prague Spring
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President Richard Nixon ordered US troops to go to Cambodia.
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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