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USA, British and Russian leaders got together to discuss the reorganization of post-war Europe.
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The USA dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima at the end of WW2. The war ended shortly after.
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The USA dropped nuclear bombs on Nagasaki. WW2 ended shortly after.
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Soviet, American, and British leaders gathered to decide how to deal with the defeated German's.
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A Soviet Union system that provided aid to rebuild Eastern European countries that were politically aligned with the Soviet Union.
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An American foreign policy created after WW2 to try and contain the Soviet threat.
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An expansion to a pre existing mutual defence agreement between Britain and France.
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An American initiative to aid Western Europe by rebuilding war devastated regions, and by removing trade barriers.
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One of the first conflicts of the cold war. The Soviet Union tried shut the west out of West berlin by blocking roads, railways, and canals.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was created by North American and European powers to help in the struggle against communism.
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The first soviet nuclear test using a TNT/hexogen implosion lens design.
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A war between North Korea (backed by China and the Soviet Union
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An armed revolution conducted by Fidel Castro against the existing authoritarian government. The revolution moved towards socialism, eventually forming a communist government.
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Stalin, an extremely powerful communist leader died. He helped strengthen communism in the Soviet Union.
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A collective defence treaty between the Soviet Union and other communist satellite states during the cold war.
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A conflict in Vietnam fought between the North and South. The North was supported by communist powers while the south was backed by the west.
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Nationwide revolt against the Hungarian government and its communist policies.
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North American Aerospace Defense Command. It is an Organization combining USA and Canadian, that provides air strength and protection for North America. Created in
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A failed invasion of Cuba that was backed by a CIA sponsored paramilitary group called Brigade 2506
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A wall constructed by East Germany to separate East Germany fro West Germany.
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A confrontation between the USA and the Soviet Union concerning both nation missile sights. Often considered the closest that the world has ever came to nuclear war.
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An international treaty whose goal was to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology.
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Insurgent groups fought a guerilla war against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
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A Polish labour union founded at the lenin shipyard. It was the first trade union in a Warsaw pact country not controlled by the communist party.
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A spokesman for East Berlin's communist party announced that people were free to cross the wall at will.
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A non violent transition of power in what was the Czechoslovakia. It ended 41 years of one party rule.
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The Cold War comes to an end with the fall of The Berlin Wall and the dissolving of the Soviet Union.