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Yalta meeting of British prime minister, the Soviet Prime minister and President Roosevelt.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to nations under threat.
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The U.S. and Britain announced a proposal for establishing new currency, causing economic chaos in the Soviet Union they struggled to adjust to the new system of currency
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US, British and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany.
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The Soviets replied by cutting off all rail, road and canal links beginning the Berlin Blockade
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13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet missile deployment in Cuba
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South Vietnam falls to communist; advocating class war leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
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Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed all of the military and political control.
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Polish shipyard workers stroke resulting in the formation of solidarity union
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Led invasion of the Caribbean island, US victory
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the leader of the Soviet Union
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Hungary overcame their power to break off of their communist government
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Cold War began to simmer down across Eastern Europe, Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West.
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George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to the reunification of Germany
