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World War II transformed both the US and USSR, turning them into super powers so competition between the two built up.
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Czech citizens and members of their resistance launched a final attack against the nazi's which lasted from may 5th to may 9th -
This was an American foreign policy created to contain the geopolitical spread during the war
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President Truman signed the economic recovery act and it became known as the "Marshall Plan" which proposed that the US would provide economic assistance to restore Europe -
june 1948-may 1949. The Soviet Union created a blockade so the US and UK airlifted food and fuel to Berlin -
The North Atlantic Alliance was set up in the aftermath of the second world war. It's purpose was to secure peace all throughout Europe, promote cooperation and guard freedom. -
From june 1950-july 1953, North and South Korea were at war because North Korea wanted to militarily take over the south and unify korea under the communist regime. -
The Korean War went on from June 25th to July 27th after the North Korean People's army invaded South Korea in a general attack at the several strategic points allong the 38th parallel -
The Soviet Union created this pact as a counterbalance to NATO -
An intense conflict between the North and South Vietnam and its ally, the United States. Started after the Gulf of Tonkin incident
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The Soviet Union exploded its first hydrogen bomb at the Semipalantinsk test site. -
Khrushchev had called for peaceful co-existence between his country and the US and it's allies. His leadership is remembered as a period of "thaw" during the war
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The Hungarian revolution, also known as the Hungarian uprising was a revolution against the government of the republic and the domestic policies put in place by the soviet union
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The USSR launched a basketball sized satellite that turned out to be the first manmade object to orbit the Earth. -
The bay of pigs was a failed attack launched by the CIA to push the Cuban leader away from power -
East German soldiers built a long wall barrier with barbed wire on the tops to prevent East Berlin citizens from entering into West Berlin -
After experiencing great losses after the German invasions in the 1st and 2nd world war. The Allies divided Germany to protect European peace and security.
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For 13 days in October, the world waited on the brink of a potential nuclear war. -
The PTBT signing was a treaty that restrained parties from carrying out nuclear explosions that can cause radioactive debris in the atmosphere,outerspace or underwater. -
John F. Kennedy was the first US president to install a direct line to the Soviet premier to have better communication -
The UN passed the United Nations Resolution that stated the People's Republic of China is the only government of China and secured them a permanent member of the Security council -
The US and the Soviet Union agreed to keeping a limited number of nuclear missiles and deployment sites in their arsenals. -
The Helsinki Accord was signed to establish the protection of European people and to urge signatories to respect human rights -
The Soviet Union sent out thousands of troops to afghanistan and assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country.
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The solidarity was founded in august and registered in November. It was a broad anti-authoritarian social movement that used methods like civil resistance to advance the causes of workers rights and social change. -
Strategic Defense Initiative proposed a defensive system against potential nuclear attacks and the research began -
The intermediate-range nuclear force treaty was an arms control between the US and the Soviet Union to agree to eliminate their medium-ranged missiles that could contain nuclear warheads. -
There was political reforms inside the government and the communist party announced change in its relations with the West -
The iron curtain was a metaphor and ceased to exist with the communist abandonment of the one-party rule in eastern Europe -
Germany was divided during the Cold War but after the cold war and the collapse of the soviet union, germany was reunited -
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was signed by the Soviet Union and the United States to reduce and limit the amount of strategic offensive arms they had. -
The leaders of three of its founding members officially disbanded the Soviet Union during the huge political crisis and after several republics departed.