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The split in Europe between the United States & the soviet union
The split had became a fact of life -
The truman doctrine was followed
The truman doctrine was followed by the European Recovery Program. -
George Kennan argued for a polocy of containment
George wanted the polocy of containment to keep communism within its existing boundariesand prevent further soviet agressive moves. -
Great Britain, France & the United States were making plans
They were making plans to unify the three Western sections of Germany (and Berlin) to create a West German Government. -
Fighting for Greece
Liberation army & anticommunist forces supported by Great Britain were fighting eachother for the control of Greece. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed
It was formed when Belgium, Luxembourg, France, the neatherlands signef a treaty with the united states and canada. -
Chinese Communist took control of the government in China
To stregthening U.S feas about the spread of communism. -
Soviet union exploded their first attomic bomb
The united states and the soviet union were involved in a growing arms race, in which both countries build up their armies and weapons. -
Federal Republic of Germany or West Grameny was formally created
They created the federal republic of germany and their capital was Bonn. -
The soviet union and the united states developed even more deadly hydrogen bombs.
They were both capable to send bombs anywere. -
The Korean war began
An attempt by the communist government of north korea, which allied with the soviet union to take over north korea. -
Soviet Union Joined with Albania, Bulgaria & east germany
They joined in a military allience known as the Warsaw Pact. -
Soviet union tried totake advantege of the american concern over missiles
Missiles to solve the problem of west berlin. -
Protests erupted in Poland
The polish communist party adopted a series of reforms in october. -
The soviets sent sputnik I, the first human made space satellite, to orbit earth.
They wanted to go first to the moon. -
East German government began to build a wall
The wall was made to seperate West Berlin from East Berlin. The Berlin wall became a striking symbol of the division between two superpowers. -
Khrushchev began to place nuclear missiles in cuba.
The missiles were made to counteract U.S nuclear weapons placed in turkey within easy range of the soviet union. -
Kennedy found out that soviet ships carrying missiles were heading to cuba.
Kennedy blockade Cuba to prevent the fleet from reaching its destinaion. -
President Nixon reached an agreement with north vietnam
The agreement with north vietnam allowed the united states to wthdraw its forces. -
High-ranking Soviet officer revealed that short-range rockets armed with nuclear devices would have been against u.s troops.
If the u.s troops had invaded cuba, an opinion kennedy rejected.
