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US, British and Soviet army’s were split up and occupied Germany in zones.
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(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Intergovernmental military alliance between several North Atlantic and European states.
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Began when North Korea invaded South Korea and US came to the aid of the South.
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A political and military alliance between Soviets and many Eastern European countries.
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This was the First Indochina war between communist North Vietnam, and allies of the South Vietnam.
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The first artificial earth satellite. The 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere also had a radio broadcast.
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A guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin.
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13 day confrontation with the US and soviet union. Soviets had nuclear missiles on cuba and US threatened to invade if it wasn’t removed, so they came to an agreement.
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Apollo 11 was a spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the moon.
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The demolition of the Berlin wall represented the fall of the communist Eastern Germany.