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Yalta Conference (Churchill, FDR, Stalin)
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United Nations formed.
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Germany divided East-West
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Potsdam Conference
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US Bombs Hiroshima
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Winston Churchill delivers his "iron curtain" speech.
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Truman Doctrine (Containment)
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Marshall Plan
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Berlin blockade/Berlin airlift begins
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Berlin blockade/Airlift ends
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Korean War
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End of Korean War
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French defeated at Dein Bein Phu
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Vietnam split north and south
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After French leave Vietnam, US begins training South Vietnamese troops.
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Berlin Wall built
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Cuban Missle Crisis
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First official battle between North Vietnamese and American troops.
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US declares the war in Vietnam is over
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Soviet Afghan war.
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Primier of USSR
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Berlin Wall falls
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Germany reunited
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Soviet Union falls.