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general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in March 1985, he launched his nation on a dramatic new course. “perestroika” (“restructuring”) and “glasnost” (“openness”) introduced profound changes in economic practice, internal affairs and international relations
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The Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany.it was one of the first attemps by communist to spred communism.
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The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea. South Korea and the U.S. fought together and North Keara and S.U. fought together.It was the first real conflict in the cold war.
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The Vietnam War armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies. It was a proxy war. North being aided by the Soviets and the south by the U.S.
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Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite.It was significant becuase the S.U. launched it.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade. Because we were unable to stop the threat of communism within Cuba at this time, they continued to have relations with Russia
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Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin. when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased
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The Cuban Missile Crisis 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. Its significant because it could of resualted in the nuclear war
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Insurgent groups who received aid from both Christian and Muslim countries, fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces.
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the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West
