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Atomic bomb
The atomic bomb was first detonated on July 16 1945 in the Trinity Test, New Mexico. -
U.S. Aid to Greece
U.S. Provides Greece with financial help under a British order... problem exists to this day. -
Truman Doctrine
Was an act of the U.S.A. to go against the Soviet political spread by helping other countries financial, American troops were never involved -
Berlin Airlift
an early crisis of the Cold War comes to an end when the Soviet union lifts its 11 month blockade against West Berlin, the blocked was broken by a massive U.S.-British airlift full of supplies enough for up to 2 million people in West Berlin -
U.S.S.R. Gets Atomic Bomb
The Soviet Union first detonated their bomb, a code name given buy the US to that test was "Joe-1" likely expecting more -
Korean War
A war between North Korea and South Korea (always a classic) began when North Korea invaded South Korea, Korea was Split due to the Cold War in the first place -
Warsaw Pact
Treaty or agreement of friend ship between the "states" of the Soviet Union signed in the city if Warsaw, the capital of Poland. -
The Suez Canal Crisis
Also known as the second Israeli-Arab war, caused an outraged in the Arabic countries, and ended with Israel followed by France, and Britain Invading and butchering Egypt. P.S.
Did it and proud -
Sputnik
Sputnik is the Russian word for satellite, and Sputnik was the Launch of Sputnik-1 which raised the tension in the war and pushed both sides to develop more technology, at a faster rate -
Cuba Missile Crisis
Was a 13 day staring contest in which the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. were placing different missiles in different places closer to each other, Cuba was one of the countries cough in between -
China's First Atomic Detonation
Project 596 or Chic-1, is the codename of the People's Republic of China's first nuclear weapons test, detonated on October 16, 1964, at the Lop Nur test site. -
Communist Angola
Agostinho Neto, the leader of the MPLA, declared the independence of the Portuguese Overseas Province of Angola as the People's Republic of Angol, Creating a war.. -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
Was the take over of Afghanistan by the soviet union, the war lasted over nine years, and the soviet union won. -
War in El Salvador
A civil war between two left wing groups, the military and a liberation group in El Salvador. -
Evil Empire Speech
A speech by President Reagan about the soviets, their wrong morals and politics, and about how they are the "Evil Empire" and was indeed considered as an aggressive take from the President. -
Iran Contra Affair
Nation Security Council Became involved in secret weapons transactions that became a political scandal in the US -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
On November 9th, 1991, the wall of Berlin fell -
Fall of the U.S.S.R.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the USSR and leaves Boris Yeltsin in charge, and an independent Russian state.
