The Cold War

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    Soviet creation of nuclear weapons

    Created nuclear weapons to undermine american nuclear hegemony
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    Yalta Conference

    The yalta conference was a meeting between the 3 WWII allies, the US president, British prime minister and the Soviet premier. IN this meeting they discussed the postwar reorginization of Germany and Europe.
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    Potsdam Conference

    Germany surrendered
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    Molotov Plan

    Created to help European countries and was used to stop the spread of communism
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    Marshall Plan

    The US gave financial aid to European countries
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    NATO

    Unify and strengthen the western allies. A capitalist organization
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    Korean War

    Conflict between north and south korea
  • Stalins death

    His death paused the cold are and let to Austria regaining sovereignty
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    Warsaw Pact

    It was a collective defense treaty between the Soviet Union and 7 other socialist republics
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    Vietnam War

    War between north and south vietnam and tried to prevent communist ideologies.
  • Hungarian Revolution

    It was a country wide revolution against the government of Hungaria, protested policies imposed by the USSR
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    NORAD

    Joined the air forces of Canada and the US
  • Bay of Pigs

    Was a failed invasion landing operation on the coast of cuba
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    Creation of the Berlin Wall

    German soldiers laid down more than 30 miles of barbed wire through Berlin to stop trespassing
  • Fidel castro taking over

    Allowed the soviets to place nuclear weapons in Cuba
  • End of the cuban missile crisis

    A 4 day confrontation between the US and the Soviets which led to the deployment of missiles
  • Nuclear arms treaty

    Agreement to collectively develop nuclear technology
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    Afghan/Soviet War

  • Berlin Wall Falling

    The loss of the iron curtain and the start to the loss of communism
  • End of the cold war

    The Soviet Union dissolved and the iron curtain dropped and the war came to an end