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Along with his wife killing herself with cyanide, Hitler commited suicide by gunshot in his Führerbunker in Berlin.
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This is the timespan it took for the division of Germany to become official.
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On this day WWII was officially ended
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The Civil War in Greece was fought between the government and the people. We aided the government side along with England. It was fought until 1949.
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The Truman Docrine caused President Truman to give a speech before a joint session of congress. He asked Congress to support the Greek Government against the Communists and to provide assistance for Turkey, since that nation, too, had previously been dependent on British aid (which stopped supporting them before this speech)
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This plan was announced to tell America that we will be aiding Western Europe.
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This was the North Atlantic Trade Organization with us and Europe and led to The Warsaw Pact.
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The Soviets tested the first atomic bomb on built bridges, houses, and animals. A flying over plane sensed radiation and reported the test of the bomb.
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This was a war between North and South Korea with us on the South's side, and China on the North's side.
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Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti, was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its break-up in 1991.
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This was the first artificial Earth satelite. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses.
