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A Conference between the Respective heads of states to try and organize a peaceful post war agreement after WW2
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A military conference attended by the "BIg Three" heads of state. They primarily focused on ending the war in japan and restructuring Germany and Eastern Europe
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During the final stages of WW2 the US dropped nuclear weapons of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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This was a system put in place to provide aid to countries aligned with the soviet union after WW2
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An american foreign policy aimed to counter soviet expansion during the cold war
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A defense pledge signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, as an extension on the Dunkirk treaty signed by Britain and France
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An American initiative to try and help aid Western Europe with economic support to help rebuild their economy after WW2
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The soviet union blocked access to the western controlled sectors of Berlin
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an Intergovernmental military alliance between many north american and European states
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The soviets successfully tested their first nuclear weaponed codenamed first lightning
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The war between North Korea and South Korea
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The communist leader Joseph Stalin Died of a stroke
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Fidel Castro led an armed revolt against the Cuban government until January 1st 1959 when the government was replaced by a revolutionary socialist state
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a soviet defense pact signed by many soviet aligned states
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The Conflict between South Vietnam Backed by soviet forces and North Vietnam Backed by the US
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A Nationwide revolt against the Hungarian Government and its soviet imposed policies
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North American Aerospace Defense Command, and organization of the US and Canada to provide early warning for all of north america
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A failed invasion of Cuba by the C.I.A.
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Communist East German authorities build a wall that totally encircled West Berlin
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The End of the 13 day struggle between the US and Soviet forces over soviet missiles in cuba
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An international Treaty to control nuclear weapons
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Insurgent Groups Backed by the US fought a Guerrilla war against the soviet Union
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A polish labor union, the first trade union in a country under the Warsaw pact that was not controlled by a communist party
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The Destruction of the wall dividing Berlin
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A non-violent transition of power to dismantle the one party government of 41 years
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The End of the tension between the soviet union and US