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WW2 meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe -
Allowed the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 -
Was founded after Second World War by 51 countries. Committed to maintaining international peace and security while developing friendly relations among nations -
American foreign policy that pledges American "support for democracies against authoritarian threats." -
An attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of the United States -
Was founded as the aftermath of the Second War. It's purpose was to secure peace in Europe. -
North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea. -
Described as the hard borders between Eastern Europe and the rest of the continent during the Cold War
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A protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam. -
Americans and Soviets competed to prove their technological and intellectual superiority by becoming the first nation to put a human into space -
Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba -
American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba :)
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Was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union was the process of internal disintegration within the USSR which resulted in the end of the country's -
Was a pivotal moment, escalating pressure from the people of eastern Europe and ultimately, confusion over an East German directive to open the border
