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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991 -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference consisted of the Three World Superpowers (United States, Soviet Union, And Great Britain). They discussed the plan for Europe post World War Two and there was much debate between allied U.S and Great Britain and the Soviet Union. -
Atomic Bomb
When Japan refused to unconditionally surrender the United States turned towards a weapon that will change modern warfare forever. The United States dropped the bomb on August 6th, 1945; when Japan did not respond with a surrender the U.S a few days later dropped another finally ending the war. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was the system created by the Soviet Union in 1947 in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
Berlin Airlift
After the second World War and Germany was divided up between 4 nations the Soviets had taken Berlin and set up a blockade for anyone entering or leaving and left them with no supplies. The United States used the old bombers and military aircraft to deliver packages with food, fuel, water, medical supplies, coal, etc. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviets and Joseph Stalin set up the Berlin Blockade in which was built to starve and kill off the Eastern Germany side which was under Soviet control. -
Truman Doctrine
United States president Harry S. Truman made a doctrine in which was the financial and economic support of foreign countries which were falling to communist control. -
NATO
NATO also known as Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization was a political group in which would help prevent any further war going on in the Atlantic and in Europe. This political group brings all these countries together to discuss business and everything going on. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. Later in the war American soldiers on southern Korea's behalf helped fight the northern communists.
