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United Nations Charter signed
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Gouzenko Affair
Soviet clerk fled the Soviet embassy in Ottawa with documents relating to a circle of Soviet spies in Canada. The release of this information and his actions kickstarted the cold war -
Berlin Blockade Starts
While Germany was controlled by communist Soviets on one half and Democratic Allied forces on the other, the Soviets blocked all railways, roads, and boat access to Allied Berlin.
|This was part of a plan to gain control over the entirety of Berlin|
In response, the Allies airlifted supplies into Berlin, eventually bringing in more through airlife than had been through rails in the past. The soviets gave up on the blockade, seeing that it hadn't worked. After this, Germany was split into two. -
NATO Formed
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Berlin Blockade Ends
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Korean War
War between North and South Korea. The North was supported by China and the Soviet Union and the South was supported by the United Nations. The war worked with tactics from WWI and WWII, with mobile combat and later trench warfare. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Warsaw Pact Signed
Defense agreement between 8 communist countries. -
First U-2 test flight
U-2 utility plane designed and now tested, showing greater effectiveness than believed. The plane was later used in just about everything, and is still being used to this day. -
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Vietnam War
War which occured in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The main war was North comunist Vietnam and South Democratic Vietnam, supported by the US and others. -
Suez Crisis
Diplomatic and Military conflict of Egypt against Britain, France, and Israel. The USA, Soviet Union, and the United Nations all tried to make peace. -
Sputnik launch
First Earth-Orbit satellite ever, sent out by Soviets. large push for the space race and for conflict in cold war -
NORAD
The North American Air Defense Agreement is signed by the USA and Canada. it was a continental central air defense warning and surveilance system put into place in fear of a nuclear war and air attack from Soviets. -
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John F. Kennedy
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Munsinger Affair
Canada's first national political sex scandal. An East German prostitute and Soviet spy had slept with many cabinet ministers. -
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Fidel Castro
Prime Minister and later President of Cuba
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Berlin Wall Finished
Wall separating East and West Berlin. Tesspassers would be killed by East Berlin guards while West Berlin guards would assist in escape. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The time which brought the world closest to a nuclear war. After the Bay of Pigs and other US attempts to overthrow Cuba, Soviet nuclear missiles were to be placed in Cuba to stop America from invading further. The US blockaded Cuba to stop the Soviets from sending offensive wepons to be sent to Cubaa and demanded the Soviets to destroy the missile bases and remove offensive weapons. After many, many negotiations, the nukes and weapons were removed, and a slight peace was found. -
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Lester B. Pearson
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Leonid Brezhnev
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -
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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Nine year war of the soviet-lead afghans against the mujahideen, who were supported by many countries with training and billions of dollars. Millions of Afghans fled the country, and hundreds of thousands civillians were killed on top of those killed in war -
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Ronald Reagan
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Destablishment of Warsaw Pact
