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The Truman Doctrine is established
president Harry S. Truman gave a speech about lending aid to smaller countries in need and it was made into a doctrine -
Period: to
cold war
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The Marshall Plan is introduced
this was to help Nations after world war 2 with money -
Berlin Airlift
it was where Soviet union blocked passage to the United States allies so they had to drop it off by plane -
Formation of NATO
"to provide collective security against the Soviet Union" -
Start of the Korean War
this was when North Korea invaded South Korea trying to make them communist and to "Hoping to reunify Korea by force" (Kim II sung). -
End of the Korean War
a armistice was sighed by president Eisenhower to stop the fighting and divided north and south Korea by the 38th parallel -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
treaty -
The Eisenhower Doctrine is established
this doctrine was to help stop the spread of communism aka containment of communism -
Sputnik launched into orbit
the first satellite in space -
U-2 Incident
a spy plane was shot down by the Soviet union defense force