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The Red Army controlled a large part of eastern Europe.
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Russia tried to counter the Marshal Plan -by offering financial aid to her satellites under the Molotov Plan.
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Cold War Begins
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Yatala Conference
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The Cold War
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President Roosevelt died
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Soviet Union consolidated her control of eastern Europe.
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U.S. government favoured a policy of strong resistance against Russia.
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French and Italian Communists became powerful parties in France and Italy.
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Churchill made a speech at Fulton, Missouri
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Churchill made a speech at Fulton, Missouri
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Preisdent Truman launched the Marshall Plan
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Maniu head of the Rumanian Peasant Party imprisoned
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Alarm of Russian Expansion
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President Truman enunciated the Truman Doctrine.
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Communist Party was declared illegal in West Germany.
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Communist ministers dismissed from the coalition governments in Italy and France
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Ference Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, was forced to flee for his life.
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U.S. Secretary of State, George Marshall, spoke at the Harvard University
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Petkov arrested and hanged
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Soviet Union established the Communist Information Bureau (the Cominform)
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Soviet Union desired to kill the Czech's desire for independence.
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United States government intervened in the Italian election.
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Stalin expelled Yugoslavia from the Cominform