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Policy of Containment + George Kennon
Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. George Kenna was a man who had first hand knowledge was a Foreign Service Officer -
The Korean War
On June 25,1950, the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet backed Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea to the north and the pro- Western Republic of Korea to the South. -
launch of sputnik
took place on October 4, 1957 at 7:28 PM. the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball. it weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth . -
bay of pigs invasion
was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. -
Fall of Berlin wall
August 13,1961 east Germany permanently closed the border between east/west Berlin. Families were separated and killed .Ended 1989 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
During the Cuban Missle Crisis, Leaders of the U.S. and the soviet Union Engaged in a tense, 13 day political and military stand off in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba , Just 90 miles from the U.S -
strategic arms limitation talks (salt1-salt2)
The first agreements were signed by the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1972 and 1979 and were intended to restrain the arms race in strategic ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons -
salt 2
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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Lasted over nine years
Started Dec 1979
Thousands of civilian died
It was a long hard war -
creation of berlin wall
On November 9, 1989 the berlin wall officially finished, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe. the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in the city's relations with the West. -
Fall of the Communism in the USSR
The Soviet union was dissolves in 1991
Split into 15 countries -
Fall of the Communism in the USSR
The Soviet union was dissolves in 1991
Split into 15 countries