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POLICY OF CONTAINMENT
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TRUMAN DOCTRINE
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MARSHALL PLAN
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Period: to
Comecon
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NATO FORMED
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BERLIN AIRLIFT ENDS BLOCKADE OF WEST BERLIN
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COMECON
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SOVIET UNION TESTS THEIR FIRST ATOMIC BOMB
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COMMUNISTS DEFEAT NATIONALISTS IN CHINA
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CREATION OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (WEST GERMANY)
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Period: to
KOREAN WAR
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STALIN’S DEATH
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NIXON SIGNS VIETNAM ARMISTICE AGREEMENT
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SOVIETS LAUNCH SPUTNIK I INTO SPACE
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BERLIN WALL ERECTED
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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
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JOHNSON ESCALATES TROOP NUMBERS TO START VIETNAM WAR
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SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN
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BERLIN WALL TORN DOWN
