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Germany was divided into four occupied zones: Great Britain in the northwest, France in the southwest, the United States in the south and the Soviet Union in the east.
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It was essential to securing the defeat of Nazi Germany.The Soviet Union strived for world dominance similar to its control of the independent countries of Eastern Europe. The United States opposed the spread of communism. By establishing NATO the United States and the Soviet Union were on opposite sides of the cold war.
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UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 recognised the PRC as the legal representative of China in the UN, and gave it the seat on the Security Council which was expelled from the UN altogether.
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Containment was a foreign policy strategy followed by the United States during the Cold War. The policy stated that communism needed to be contained and isolated, or else it would spread to neighbouring countries.
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A U.S. sponsored program designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to create stable conditions in which democratic institutions could survive in the aftermath of World War II.
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In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. For nearly a year, supplies from American planes sustained over 2 million people in West Berlin.
This is an 8 on the important scale. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.
This is an 8 on the important scale. -
Conflict between North Korea and South Korea in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives.
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President Harry S. Truman publicly announces his decision to support the development of the hydrogen bomb
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The revelations of Fuchs' espionage, coupled with the loss of U.S. atomic supremacy, led President Truman to order development of the hydrogen bomb.
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Leaders of developing countries banded together to avoid being forced to take sides in the Cold War contest.
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Created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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The Vietnam War pitted communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States. The war ended when U.S. forces withdrew in 1973 and Vietnam unified under Communist control two years later.
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A situation in which the United States and Soviet Union would compromise and continue to compete economically and politically without launching a thermonuclear war.
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A spontaneous national uprising that began 12 days before in Hungary is viciously crushed by Soviet tanks and troops. Thousands were killed and wounded and nearly a quarter-million Hungarians fled the country.