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This was the first time that the atomic bomb had been revealed to the world. It was the ending of WW2, but it ended up starting the Cold War between Russia and America.
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President Truman Promised to Help any Nation that was Threatened by a Communists Takover.
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Joseph Stalin died at the age of 74. He is best known for being the Communist leader of Russia. He was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev.
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On May 1st 1960 the Soviet Union shot down a US spy plane and captured the pilot Garry Powers. President Eisenhower had to admit that the US had been spying on the USSR for several years.
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Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin made history by being the first human in space. The space race had begun.
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1400 American trained Cubans invaded Cuba in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. The American backed Cubans were greatly outnumbered and the attempt was a failure.
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A wall was built that separated East Germany from West Germany. East Germany was Communist, and according to them they built the wall to keep the "fascists" from West Germany out of East Germany. They thought it would undermine their communist government. Many people believe tha the true reason for the wall was that East Germany was afraid of too many people defecting to West Germany.
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The US President and the leader of the Soviet Union were engaged in a 13 day standoff over soviet nuclear armed missiles in Cuba.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while visiting Dallas. Although Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder, no one really knows who truly killed the president that day. There is some speculation that there was communist involvment.
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150,000 American troops were sent to vietnam in July of 1965. The Vietnam War was the fight against Communism.
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The US put the first man on the moon as Neil Armstrong said the famous words "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." The space race continued.
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was known as a peaceful leader as the first president of the Soviet Union. He withdrew Russian troops from Afghistan and was responsible for the destruction of the Berlin Wall. Ronald Regan is granted with a huge role in influencing Mr. Gorbachev in his decision to tear down the wall.
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The Berlin Wall was torn down and opened the borders between East and West Germany.
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Russia formally recognised the end of the Soviet Union. This was officially the end of the Cold War. With the end of the Soviet Union the threat of nuclear war ended as well.
