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Chinese Revolution
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Foundation of the United Nations
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Chinese Civil War
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First moments of tension between USA and USSR, the Space Race
In 1947, US President Harry S. Truman made a speech about the need to support the regimes that were fighting against communism. -
The Berlin blockade began
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The UN approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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First Berlin Crisis
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Division of Germany
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NATO established
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The Korean War
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USSR crisis
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Stalin´s death
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Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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The Vietnam War
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Warsaw Pact
Was signed by the USSR and all the communist countries in Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia. -
Turkey joins the NATO
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Poland joins the Warsaw Pact
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Differences in communism in Eastern Europe
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US President Eisenhower threatened massive retaliation
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Great Leap Forward
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
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The red telephone
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Mao Cultural Revolution
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US defeat in Vietnam
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Mao´s death
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Spain joins the NATO
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Suppression of student protest in Tiananmen Square
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Perestroika, the USSR dissolution and the end of the Cold War