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Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war.
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The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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Churchill delivers his 'Sinews of Peace' speech which contain the famous phrase " an iron curtain has descended on Europe"
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Russia's reply to the joining of the French, USA and UK partitions of Berlin was to cut all road and rail links to that sector. This meant that people living in Western Berlin had no access to food supplies and faced starvation. Food was brought to Western Berliners by US and UK airplanes, which was the Berlin Airlift.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation formed with member states Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States
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Russia ended the blockade of Berlin.
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The Warsaw Pact was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union.
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Soviet tanks entered Budapest. The tanks withdrew in October 28th and a new government was formed which quickly moved to introduce democracy, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. The Prime Minister Imre Nagy made a World broadcast that Hungary was under attack from the Soviet Union and calling for aid.
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Berlin wall built and borders sealed between East and West Germany.
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US spy planes saw a Soviet nuclear missile base in Cuba. President Kennedy set up a naval blockade and demanded the removal of the missiles. War was averted when the Russians agreed on October 28th to remove the weapons.
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150,000 US troops sent to Vietnam.
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Warsaw Pact forces entered Czechoslovakia in a bid to stop the reforms known as Prague Spring
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The Berlin wall was torn down
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The Warsaw Pact which allied Communist countries was ended
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Russia formally recognised the end of the Soviet Union
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East and West Germany were reunited as one country.
