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state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States,
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established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
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On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union blocked all road and rail travel to and from West Berlin
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The United States and 11 other nations establish the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense pact aimed at containing possible Soviet aggression against Western Europe. NATO stood as the main U.S.-led military alliance against the Soviet Union throughout the duration of the Cold War
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Armed forces from communist North Korea smash into South Korea, setting off the Korean War
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when the armistice was signed.
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the sovient sent spuntik the first human made space satelite to orbit the earth
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the east german gov began to build a wall seperating west berlin from east berlin
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The Soviets have secretly been installing military bases, including nuclear weapons, on Cuba
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claims that North Vietnamese naval vessels had fired on two American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin
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Battle of Ia Drang, the first major engagement between US Troops and regular Vietnamese forces.
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successfully overthrows Sukarno as president of Indonesia.
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suspends bombings over North Vietnam and announces he is not running for reelection
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becomes President of the United States.
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, , ratified by the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, among others, enters into force.
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forces enter Laos to briefly cut the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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goes to the offensive in South Vietnam, only to be repulsed by the South Vietnamese regime with major American air support.
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Accords end American involvement in the Vietnam War. Congress cuts off funds for the continued bombing of Indochina
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formally ends after France leaves the organization