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World War 2 is at its end, and the spread of communism into Europe, Asia and Africa is feared by Americans and Europeans. The "Big Three" (Churchill,Roosevelt, and Stalin) discuss and debrief post war Europe and boundaries. -
During the second world war, the united states used the first ever atomic bomb twice in japan. Once on Hiroshima and once on Nagasaki. This was the beginning of the arms race because soon after the soviet union created its own atomic bomb. then the us created a hydrogen bomb, then cam the soviets hydrogen bomb. So on and so forth. this truly ended in 1987 with the signing of the inf treaty.
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Also known as "the European recovery plan" was a plan to help the entirety of Europe's economy. However Stalin refused the Marshall plan for all of eastern Europe. -
To show independence from western Europe, eastern Europe blocked entry way from Berlin for supplies and other goods from the outside into eastern Europe. This went own for a year and ended in 1949.
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The "North Atlantic Treaty Organization" was founded to have protection against the Soviet Union. Being said, the Soviet union dropped its first Atomic bomb sparking the need for NATO and other treaties like it. -
During the midst of all this, china switches government systems and becomes a communist nation. Posing a threat to the U.S and Europe. -
The Korean war was a war against north and south Korea. North being backed by china and the soviet union and the south being backed by the untied nations and allies. This particular war only lasted 3 years.
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The Warsaw pact was made to be a military alliance. It was also made to be a counter weight, to balance NATO. -
In 1955, china's communist party was in control of northern Vietnam while the Americas feared that communism would spread to the southern portion. Multiple different battles happened during this time war that lasted 18 years after the signing of the Paris peace records. then almost immediately started up again and ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon.
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In 1957, the soviet union launched sputnik. Sputnik is satellite in outer space that collects information. -
After corruption in Cuba under Fulgencio Batista was then booted from his status by Fidel Castro. He then made Cuba a communistic state. -
During a month and 4 day confrontation, the United states and soviet union stared at each other face to face at the closest we have gotten to nuclear warfare. -
In 1987, the Immediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty was signed by the united states and the soviet union. This stops either of them from launching any of their nuclear weapons. The cold war is officially over.
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