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Divided the free world of the west from the Sovient- Dominated world of the east.
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The US policy of fighting the spread of communism by limiting it to countries where it already existed.
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American and British planes airlifted food, clothes, medicine and food.
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Stalin ordered a blockade of Berlin hoping to starve the allies out of the city.
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The US sent vast amounts of money to 16 nations in Europe for rebuilding cities, railroads, factories, etc.
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10 western European countries, the us, and Canada. an attack upon any NATO country they agreed.
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The first major proxy war. (Ended July 27 1957)
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Soon after taking office in 1961, President JFK approved the CIA'S invasion plan. On April 17 about 1,400 Cuban exiles landed on a Cuban beach in the Bay of Pigs.
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East Germany and the Soviet Union tried to stem the tide of East Germans fleeing to West Berlin by putting up a wall between the two parts of the city.
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US spy planes photographed secret missile bases build the Soviet in Cuba. Missiles launched from these bases could reach the US cities in a matter of minutes. (Ended Oct 28 1962)
