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On October 1, 1949 Mao Zedong declared the creation of the PRC. This ended the civil war between the KMT (Kuomintang) and CCP (Chinese Communist Party)
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The first military action of the Cold War started with 75,000 North Korean troops moving pass the boundary line where the Pro Western people of the south lye.
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The Russians were marked as the first to orbit the earth, but soon America is marked as the first people to set foot on the moon.
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When Francis Gary Powers was seen spying on the soviets he was shot down and sentenced for espionage. This was a true embarrassment for the US and an awkward situation between US and Soviets.
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Built to keep east Germans from fleeing to the west and bordered the 4 lands which were divided between US, France, Great Britain, and the Soviets.
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When Soviets set up missiles in Cuba in return of the US spy. Everyone was scared of what could happen so JFK put a blockade on Cuba to keep Soviets from bringing missiles in. The Soviets took the missiles down and halted their missiles.
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Soviet Russian launched an all-out attack on Hungary before they were about to launch an attack to spread as well.
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When Russian paratroopers landed in Kabal, the capitol of Afghanistan to keep the Amin Government in power because there was a civil war going on and keeping the “terrorists” out.
