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Speech of Churchill
Winston Churchill delivers speech about the "Iron curtain" -
Marshall plan
Marshall plan as an economic aid for the EU countries by the USA -
Berlin Blockade
An international crisis arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union to force the Western Allied powers to abandon their post-World War II jurisdictions in West Berlin -
Comecon
Economic pact between the USSR and its satellites -
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Korean war
The Korean War began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. As Kim Il-sung's North Korean army, armed with Soviet tanks, quickly overran South Korea, the United States came to South Korea's aid. -
Warsaw pact
It was an organization of Central and Eastern European socialistic and people’s democracy states. The states were all allies and would fight together if one of them was attacked -
Gagarin
USSR astronaut Gagarin first to orbit Earth -
Bay of Pigs invasion
An invasion by US military forces to take down Fidel Castro -
Cuban missiles crisis
Cuba’s communist leader, Fidel Castro, was infuriated by the Soviets’ retreat in the face of the U.S. ultimatum but was powerless to act. The Cuban missile crisis marked the climax of an acutely antagonistic period in U.S.-Soviet relations. The crisis also marked the closest point that the world had ever come to a global nuclear war. -
Berlin wall over
Berlin wall falls -
USSR
USSR falls over