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End of WW2
Hitler commits suicide and Nazi Germany defeated by the Allies and USSR. -
Marshall Plan Initiated
US launches giant stimulus check packages for countries in need after conflicts. -
Molotov Plan
Soviet response to Marshall Plan. Marshall Plan for East Europe. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization created for Western European countries along with US and Canada to safeguard and maintain peace and stability. -
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Korean War
War between the South and North of Korea, in which the South side was being backed by the US and the North by the USSR. -
Stalin Death
Death of Stalin..... -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe. -
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Vietnam War
War between the South and North of Vietnam, in which one of each side was being backed by the US and the other the USSR. -
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Space Race
From the launching of Sputnik to the Moon Landing. -
Berlin Wall Built
To separate East and West Germany, USSR builds the Berlin Wall to prevent capitalist influence and set an "Iron Curtain" between East and West Europe. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR and Cuba holding weapons of mass destruction just off the coast of the US. -
Prague Spring
Period of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. -
Collapse of Berlin Wall
As USSR begins to fall, as does the Berlin Wall. -
Breakup of USSR
Soviet Union is no more after policies of Gorbachev overpower rule of communism. -
Breakup of Yugoslavia
Balkan nationalities break up from the country of Yugoslavia to many smaller countries.