cold war

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    Czechoslovakia revolution

    it was a revolution in the czechoslovakia that saw a non violent transfer of power
    it was a loos for the USSR and a gain for the US
    the lose of power was a big blow in the USSR but it gave the people a choices to be free
  • yalta conference

    ti was a conference
    in february 4-11 1945
    it was the first meeting of the big three to decide who should be in charge
    the meeting took away liberalism from the german people and divided them in two
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    cold war

    war between capitalist and communist for power and control
    it was the cold war
    it took away liberalism away from many people
  • potsdam conference

    potsdam conference
    a meeting between the big three
    in august 2 1945
    in potsdam
    it layed out the foundation for the cold war
  • hiroshima bombing

    it was the first atomic bombs ever used in a time of war
    it was dropped on hiroshima it was meant to hit the y shaped bridge
    it effectively started the arms race
    it showed the USSR that the capitalist were powerful and it made japan have no choice but to give up and it took away most of their rights
  • bombing of nagasaki

    it was the second atomic bomb ever used in WW2
    it was dropped and detonated in the middle of nagasaki
    i was the last nail in the coffin for the japanese and it was a show of force for the us and it was a message to the USSR
    it forced japan to surrender and killed many people in the end
  • molotov plan

    it was soviet plan
    in soviet held europe
    it gave soviet europe aid for the soviet held europe
    it purpose was to build up berlin to make western berlin jealous
    it only helped soviet berlin not the rest of europe
  • truman doctrine

    was a foreign policy that purpose was to stop soviet expansion
    it was signed in the USA
    it lead to the creation of nato
    it aligned the USA with people that feared the soviet expansion
    it tried to take away the rights of the soviets
  • marshall plan

    it was a plan to stop soviet expansion in europe
    in 1948
    it was to help europe
    it mand the soviets mad
    it allowed the capitalist europe to recover faster
  • berlin blockade

    a soviet plan to limit the aid of the capitalist of their sector of berlin
    the soviets blocked the main supply road to western berlin
    it was meant to starve out the capitalist out of berlin
    it took away the rights of the people in the capitalist people in berlin
  • brussels treaty

    it made the a pact of the western union uniting them
    it was in the wu
    it showed a unified front of western union
    it gave people in WU a chance to protect their freedom but it didn't protect all people in europe
  • NATO

    it was an agreement to counteract the soviet army in europe
    it was based in europe and north america
    it showed a unified forent in europe
    it gave people more freedom
  • soviet nukes

    the first soviet atom bomb was called first lightning
    it was made in atomgrad and was a copy of the fat man
    the effect was the arms race and it was the scariest part of of the cold war
    it took away our rights to feel safe and it made us fear the russians
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    Korean War

    it was a war that pined the the communist koreans and capitalist koreans
    it was along the 38th parallel in korea
    it was a proxy war for domonice
  • Stalin’s Death

    the death of stalin was when the starting of the end of the cold war
    it saw a new man come into power and start breaking down of barriers between the two sides
    it started to give people more freedom and let people rest
  • Fidel Castro taking over

    it was a bloody revolution where the communist revolutionaries over trough the capitalist government
    it gave the USSR a place to put their nukes and turned cuba communist
    it took the rights of the cappilast cubans away and exiled many cubans with noncommunist feelings
  • WARSAW pact

    an agreement with the soviet and outheres
    it was in the sphere of influence of the communist
    it took the rights of the people that were in it away if I go to war you go to war
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    Vietnam War

    it was a war bloody war in vietnam spanning roughly 20 years
    it was another proxy war between the capitalist and communist where the vietnamese wanted to be communist but america was not having it whatsoever
    it took away the right to choose what they wanted to have
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    Hungarian Revolution

    it was an event that saw the hungarian people demanding more freedom
    it showed that people wanted freedom and more capitalism
    it gave the people more freedom and more of a choice
  • NORAD

    it was a bi-national agreement to watch and warn north american of an missile attack
    it gave us an edge over the russias
    it was only to protect us from incoming and not from outgoing
  • Bay of pigs

    it was a CIA trained cubans meant to go back to cuba and over trough the government but it was a failed mission and they were all caught and killed or took to prison
    it was somewhere in cuba
    it gave the cuban a reason to ask for some nukes from the USSR
    it took away the government's right to choose
  • End of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    it was when the US created a naval blockade to stop the USSR's nukes from getting to cuba
    it was 500 km off the cuban cost
    it was when the US and the USSR made a deal to move their nukes from turkey and cuba
    this was when shit got real and the world thought it was going to die and nearly took away our rights for ever
  • Nuclear Arms Treaties

    it was a deal that reduced the size of a arseninal of A-BOMBS in both sides

    it was the slowing down of the cold war
    it took the rights of bought sides because they cant have unlimited amount of nukes
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    Afghanistan/soviet war

    it war in afghanistan between the mughadeed and the communist
    the war was in afghanistan
    the muhtadee was trained by the cia and later became the taliban
    the soviets wanted to take away the rights of the afghan people and they were whooped
  • Solidarity in Poland

    it was a act for the world to be together as one
    it was a message for everyone to be together
    its purpose was to make us all as one and to give people the right to choose what they wanted
  • Berlin Wall falling

    this event was the fall of the USSR and its iron curtain showing us what was happening on the other side
    it was effectively the start of the end for the USSR
    it gave the people of communist berlin more freedom to choose what they wanted
  • End of the Cold war.

    the end of the cold war was the liquidation of the USSR
    it was the end of the cold war
    it gave everyone the the right to choses what they want