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This conference was a meeting between the three most powerful world leadera which included Winston Churchill from Great Britain, Joseph Stalin from the Soviet Union, and FDR who was the president of the United States at that time. They discussed what goals they had for Europe after World War 21
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Germany officially surrendered which brought an end to the European conflict in World War 2. This split the country into four sections which included France in the Southwest region, Britain in the Northwest, U.S in the South, and the Soviet Union in the East.
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The most significant world leaders discussed what would become of Germany, they decided that they would disarm Germany and split it up into different sections.
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After the Tehran conference the USSR left 30,000 troops in Iran which in turn made the UK and USSR remove all their troops, and then the Soviet Union troops caused a communist uprising.
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A U.S ambassador in the Soviet Union sent a telegram from Moscow to Washington about the prevention of the spreading of communism.
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The prime minister of Britain Winston Churchill made a speech about the separation of Eastern and Western Europe. He also discussed the spread of communism through some eastern european countries.
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First Indochina war begins after France lands in Indochina
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Instead of providing aid to Greece the United States gave away $400 million worth of economic assistance. They mainly did this to ensure there wouldny be a communist takeover in those countries
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Stalin begin to block all roads leading to Berlin which was split into four regions, by the 24th every rpad leading to Berlin was cut off even the electricity was cut off.
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The various western allies organzied for the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin
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President Truman declared a foreign policy which stated that the United States would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all the democratic nations which were posed a threat
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Blegium, Great Britain, Italy, Iceland, Luxembourg, Canada, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Portugal and the United States, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Their goal was to defend each other from communism and protect their own country as well.
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Russia developed their own atomic bomband they made it faster than America made their own
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Mao Zedung who was a political leader of China at the time declared the peoples republic of china and there was suspicion that the Cold War played a big role in the chinese communism party.
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Senator McCarthy accused many different politicians and figureheads of being in coherence with the Soviet Union. They were wrongly accused but the still had to go through long trials and punishments
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This was a secret foreign policy presented to Harry Truman which presented a plan to prevent communism from spreading
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There was a Civil War between North and South Korea where the North was fighting for communism and the south was fighting for the opposite.
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MAD exited to prevent any conflicts between the United States and the Soviet Union while they engaged in different wars throughout the world
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The United States tests their first thermonuclear bomb
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Secretary of State and president Eisenhower discussed brinkmanship
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Fidel Castro led the first attack this year and was later arrested this year and then resumed the war after his release
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Military occupation of West Germany ceases
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Warsaw Pact founded in Eastern Europe to counter the United States Nato and the countries which were included were East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union.
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The United States went to South Vietnam to protect them from North Vietnam
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Various countries includinf Israel and the United Kingdom attacked Egypt with the goal of removing Nasser from power.
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Eisenhower closes U.S embassy in Havana
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The CIA had a mission where they went to Cuba with the intention of shutting down Castro and his style of government and the mission was a flop
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JFK says that he's going to put the first man on the moon
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USSR continues the testing of nuclear weapons
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After the Soviet Union found out that the United States had placed missiles in Italy they then put missiles in Cuba
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This was a treaty signed by the UK, the United States and the Soviet Union which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons if it wasnt underground
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Lyndon Jphnosn and Nikita Kruschev had a meeting discussing their plans to cut back production of materials used for making nuclear weapons
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The United States builds up the military to defend south vietnam ans they begin bombing north vietnam
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Nixon discussed that he would aid and assist any allies of the United States
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First president to visit China since the development of the peoples republic of china
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks agreement represents the beginning of détente between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
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The opposition by the Somoza dictatorship led to a rebellion
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Jimmy Carter and Lenoid Brezhnev sign the SALT 2 agreement discussing the limitations and guidelines for nuclear weapons
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Contras who were against the Sandinista government attained aid and supplies through the United States and with help from Iran
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Missile defense system which would involve the use of satellites and lasers to stop missiles from Russia
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Different political and economic system in Soviet Union due to the idea of reconstruction
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Change in the Soviet Union due to idea of openes
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East Germany allowed their people to climb the wall and go over to the West side of Germany which led to the downfall of East Germany and the resignation of their dictator
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The break of the Soviet Union was the end of the Cold War