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Chinese civil war
the war took place in china. the leader of the communist army was Mao Zedong the nationalist leader was Jiang Jieshi. the war was over the control of china. to gain control of china -
Nato
Nato or north atlantic treaty organization, Canada USA and ten other countries. it is in the North Atlantic. it was created to help one another -
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nuclear arms race and detente
by 1949 the soviets had nuclear wepons. by 1953 both sides had the hydrogen bomb. both sides had the wepons because they wanted to balance the terror -
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Korean Conflict
the US army was fighting the north Koreas and china. it war a war to stop the communist from getting another country. it was from 1950 to 1953. it was in the county of south Korea. -
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Vietnam conflict
the US army the North vietnamesse army and the viet cong. it was a war over control of south vietnam. 1954 to 1973. in south vietnam. -
Warsaw pact
the warsaw pact is the soviet union and 7 other countries to counter nato -
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Soviet Union falls
the Soviet Unions communits government. it was the decline in the power that the Soviets had to control there people. it was in the Soviet Union. because the people wanted to be free -
Berlin wall
berlin was a focus in the cold war. the wall splits east and west Germany in the city of berlin -
communist Cuba and missile crisis
the soviets sent nuclear missile to cuba to scare the united states. then the USA put a blockade around Cuba until the missiles were gone. Cuba is 90 miles south of florida -
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easern european independence
Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and East Germany wanted independence from the Soviet Union. it was from 1968 to 1992. -
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soviets in Afghanistan
soviet army was fighting the mujahedin. was over the control of afghanistan. in afghanistan from 1979 to 1985.
