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Allies split Germany into 4 zones ruled by US, UK, USSR and France.
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United Nations was created as an international organization to prevent wars.
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US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan begining an atomic war.
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Stalin openly decared incompatibility of communism and capitalism, triggering the Cold War.
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Church Hill coined this to describe boundary seperating communists Eastern Europe from capitalist Western Europe.
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A US policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or ecternal opponents.
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A US program to give assistance to help European countries rebuild after war.
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Congress approved the $12.5 billion plan only after communists took over Czechoslovoskia.
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Planned to begin circulation of a new currency in their zones of Germany.
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Western Allies began a massive opperation of flyig food and supplies into West Berlin to sustain the whole city.
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US and USSR began using soies, propaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations to outmaneuver one another.
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US joined with 10 Western European nations and Canada to form the North Atlantic military Treaty Organization, a defensive alliance.
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USSR admitted defeat by lifting the blockade.
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USSR tested first atomic bomb
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US developed H-bomb
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USSR developed H-bomb
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West Germany was admitted to NATO resurrecting Soviet fears of a strong Germany.
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USSR formed its own alliance which included all of Eastern Europe and East Germany.
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Soviets developed an intercontinental ballistic missel.
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Soviets used an ICBM to launch the first satelite into space.
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US launched its first satelite.
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US launched its first satelite.
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US spy plane was shot down over USSR. and Powers spent two years in Soviet prison for espionage.
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Soviets erected the Berlin Wall to seperate communists East Berlin from capitalist West Berlin.
