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The united states and the soviet union joined 48 other countries to create the united nations
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Two young aides at the state department divided the korean peninsula in half along the 38th paralel.
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France, Britain and the united states decided to withdraw there forces from Germany and allow their occupation zones to form one nation
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The superpowers used spying, propaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations in their dealings with each other.
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In 1959 Khrushchev punished the Chinese by refusing to share nuclear secrets.
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The East Germans built a wall to separate East and West Berlin.
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U.S. President Lyndon Johnson told Congress that North Vietnamese patrol boats had attacked two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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War broke out between Iran and Iraq in 1980.
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In 1983, Reagan also announced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a program to protect against enemy missiles.
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The United States normalized relations with Vietnam in 1995.