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The Big Three, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and U.S President Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany to negotiate terms for the end of World War ll. -
The fear of communism that spread through American politics, culture, and society -
All roads trains, and waterways were blocked from Berlin by Soviet Union. They could not get food or gas. -
Security against Soviet Union by Western European nations, United States, and Canada -
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. Beginning when North Korea invaded South Korea, but the war ceased with an armistice on July, 27, 1953. -
Competition between United States and Soviet Union for space technology. -
Through Nov, 1, 1955 - April, 30, 1975, The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was a major conflict of the Cold War. -
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt. It connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt took control followed by Israel, France, and Great Britain. -
American spy plane shot down over Soviet Union airspace. -
An attack by the CIA to remove Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power that failed -
Confrontation between United States and Soviet Union when both came close to nuclear conflict. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis, or the Caribbean Crisis, which was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union.