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Defeat of Germany and Japan
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Before the WWll america and the soviet union had characterized each other as the devil incarnate, so their ‘friendship’ during the war was simply the result of having a mutual enemy-Nazi Germany.The extreme distrust was that the The Soviet leader,J.Stalin,was also distrustful of the Americans.This was the scene after the war ended in 1945. Both sides distrusted.One had a big army in the field (the Soviet Union and its Red Army lead by Zhukov),while the Americans had the most powerful weapon.
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Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin
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Russia declares war on Japan
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20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000 people.
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End of WWll
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His speech about that communism & capitalism were incompatible.
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Truman demands Russia leave Iran
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Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War
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Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition.
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Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
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Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies
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Brussels Pact organized to protect Europe from communism
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An alliance of countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization signed on 4 April 1949
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Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China and establishes the People's Republic of China
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Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons
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Truman fires MacArthur
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A-bombs developed by Britain
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Korean War ends
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Ike's Atoms for Peace speech
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CIA helps overthrow unfriendly regimes in Iran and Guatemala
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The Warsaw Pact, was a mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.
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USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, to suppress demonstrations by workers
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USSR sent military aid to Afghanistan
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Suez Crisis began with Israeli attack led by Moshe Dayan against Egyptian forces in the Sinai
Egypt took control of Suez Canal -
Sputnik launched into orbit
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Sputnik II launched - Laika died in space
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NASA began Mercury project using Atlas rocket
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Khrushchev demands withdrawal of troops from Berlin
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Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro
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Khrushchev visits United States; The Kitchen Debate
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Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory
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John F. Kennedy elected President of USA
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Berlin border is closed
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Construction of Berlin Wall begins
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U.S. involvement in Vietnam increases
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President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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Gulf of Tonkin incident
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U.S. Marines sent to Dominican Republic to fight Communism
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Announcement of dispatching of 200,000 U.S. troops to Vietnam
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B-52s Bomb North Vietnam
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The US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara admits that the US bombing raids had failed to meet their objectives
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North Korea captured U.S.S. Pueblo
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Apollo 11 lands on the moon
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Publication of the Pentagon Papers
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President Richard Nixon visits China
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SALT I was signed
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Cease fire in Vietnam between North Vietnam and United States
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Egypt and Syria attack Israel; Egypt requests Soviet aid
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In light of his loss of political support and the near-certainty of impeachment, Nixon resigned the office of the presidency on August 9, 1974
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North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam which falls to Communist forces
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Soviet and Cuban forces help to install Communist government in Angola.
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U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations.
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President Carter and Soviet leader Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna.
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Soviet forces invade Afghanistan
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Strike leader Lech Walesa is elected as the head of Solidarity
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U.S. troops invades and overthrows regime in Grenada
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union initiating a campaign of openness called "glasnost" and restructuring called "perestroika"
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Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles
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Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan
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Poland becomes independent
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Hungary becomes independent
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Decline of the Soviet empire
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Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany
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Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania
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Boris Yeltsin elected as President of Russia
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Germany reunited
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The fall of the Berlin Wall. The shredding of the Iron Curtain. The end of the Cold War.
