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The beginnings of the Cold War: 1945-1949

  • Yalta Conference

  • Hitler defeated

  • Potsdam Conference

  • The Truman Doctrine is announced

  • Stalin sets up Cominform

  • Marshall Aid introduced

  • USSR blockades Berlin

  • NATO set up

  • Berlin blockade lifted

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