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Nato and warsaw pact
us and canada and 9 other countries formed an alliance they pledged to help each other if any of them were attacked (North atlantic treaty organization) -
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Nuclear Arms Race and Detente
beggining at the end of ww2 US and soviet union began a race to match or top each others new weapons. The result was a balance of Terror. People lived in can stant fear of nuclear desstruction. Americans and soviet arms control agreement led to an era of Detente which was a relaxation of tensions.
Fidel castro took ouer the country and tronsformed it into communist. -
ChineseCivil War
Communist forces in China led by M.Zedong fought a civil war against the notionalist led by jiang Jieshi. Mais Forces had won and they sed up the Peoples Republic of China. This republic discouraged use of Buddhism, Confucianism and other traditionl Chinese ways. -
Easten European Independence
-soviet union crumble
-Europeans insist on an end to Soviet domination and they get it.
-Revolts erupted. -
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eastern european independence
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Korean conflict- after WWII
Korea was divided in two:
-Comunist north korea led by Kim II Sung.
-Noncommunist south Korea led by Syngman Rhee.
North Korea attacked the South -US stepped in to help South Korea -
Vietnam conflid
Communist ho chi minh led North Vietnam non communist ngo dinh diem ruled South Vietnam. By early 1960s communist guerrilla fighters from the Nourth appeared in the Jungles of the South. -
warsaw pact
Soviet union responded to NATO by forming itsown alliance called the Warsaw Pact. Soviets resorted to keep their satellites in order -
Soviet Union Falls
-Launched squtnik I the first artificial satellite.
-Euentually the economy of Eastern Europe and Soviet Union stagnates.
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Barlin Wall
Berlin was split into 2 sections:
West Berlin being democratic.
East Berlin being communist.
In 1961 Eaast Berlin built awall that sealed off West Berlin.The wall was built to keep peaple from fleeing. -
Soviets in Afghanistan
Soviet became involved in a long war in afghanistan.
Soviets had many years of casualties.
Gorbachev becomes leader and pulls troops out of afghanistan.
