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Creation od the Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the boundary dividing Euroope into two separate areas from the end of World War Two in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. -
Truman Doctrine
International relations policy set forth by the US President Harry Truman in a speech which stated that the US would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the american initiative to aid Europe, in which the US gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War Two in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. -
The Berlin Airlift
At the end of WWII, a defeated Germany was divided amongst the victors, the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France. A four-power provisional government, called the Allied Control Council, was installed in Berlin. This union of governments was to control and rebuild the city of Berlin. -
Forming of NATO
NATO, Norhern Atlantic Treaty Organiszation, is an intergavernmental military alliance based on the north atlantic treaty. -
Warsaw Pact
Mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. -
Spuntnik
Sputnik was the first artificial earth satelite, was launched into an elliptical low earth orbit. -
The U-2 Incident
The U-2 Incident occured during the Cold War. This incident was a spy incident when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs
A failed military invasion of cuba undertaken by the CIA- sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506. -
Creation of the Berlin Walll
A barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic. The wall completely cut off West Berlin from sorrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other side. -
Apollo 11 Landing
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the moon. Apollo 11 was landed on the moon by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
On midnight of that day, East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the wall to be opened as a result of days of mass protest. -
Dissolution of the USSR
This declaration acknowledged the independence of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union following the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
