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the united nations was formed to keep world peace.
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there is no exact date on this but the yalta conference was held in yalta to decide what to do with the axis countries after the war.
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the big 3 met in potsdam to decide over territory after world war 2.
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the trman doctrine gave 400 million dollars to greece and turkey to help not be controlled by the soviet union.
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the marshall plan gave money to european nations to help fight communism.
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the berlin airlift supplied west berlin with supplies for a year because the soviet union blockadedthe city. it ended may 12, 1949
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the north atlantic treaty organization was formed to protect countries against soviet control.
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the communist north korea invade democratic south korea. ended july 27, 1953
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ended in a military stalemate when neither side had really moved anywhere in weeks.
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the warsaw pact was formed by the soviet union and its satalite states in responce to the nato formation.
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the soviet union launched sputnik 1
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russia put the first man into space
