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After Japan bombed the United States, the United States came back and dropped a bomb, followed by another, onto Japan to stir up the conflict that much more.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki)
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Joseph Stalin delivered a speech about the capitalism and communism and the routes they were taking. More or less kicking off the whole Cold War.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1946#February_9.2C_1946_.28Saturday.29)
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The first major repercussion of the Cold War came in Germany. A wall was built to separate East and West Berlin, strengthen the "cold" war.(http://f.tqn.com/y/history1900s/1/W/W/E/1/berlinwall.jpg)
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Russia tries out its' first atomic bomb, adding more to this war and nuclear war race. (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb)
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Also known as NSC 20/4, was implanted by Truman and is known as one of the first true security policy that the United States had ever seen. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Containment)
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Britain showed that they were just as much in this war as anyone else by adding to the creation of atomic bombs.(http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/first-british-atomic-bomb-test)
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Operation Castle was the first testing in a hydrogen bomb by the United States. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEje927dygM)
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The Soviet Union launched, the small, Sputnik into space which would start the Space Race between the United States and Soviet Union. http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
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France finally got in on the development of an atomic bomb and showed they were just as much as a threat in this war and race as every other country. http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/France/FranceOrigin.html
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The line was set to separate Berlin, but they eventually built a wall. This showed the determination to have total control.
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China also showed that they were far from out of this war by developing their own atomic bomb. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/china-joins-a-bomb-club
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President Reagan and Gorbachev agreed to remove all medium and short range nuclear missiles, showing a beginning to an end.
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In Eastern Europe the fall of communism was in the air. This showed that everyone was starting to be on the same page with things and come to and agreement.
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The Berlin Wall was demolished and allowed flow from East to West Germany. This showed the resolutions the world was coming to.
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When the the Soviet Union fell so did the Cold War making an end to this nuclear race war. And all was well in that aspect of things. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union
