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Containment
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The separation of East and West Germany
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Truman Doctrine
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Marshall Doctrine
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Comecon 1
Commie Money Assistance -
NATO signed/formed
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Berlin Airlift ends blockade
The Berlin Airlift proved to hte Soviet Union that the wall was unsuccessful in blocking goods from transportation. -
Soviets first atomic bomb
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Soviet Bomb Testing
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Communists win against Nationalists in Chineese Civil war
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Korean War
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'Joe Stalin' dies
Coffee anyone? -
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Comecon 2
Commie Money Assistance -
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The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
A battle for the independence of French Indochina (Vietnam) from France. The revolutionists (Vietminh) won. -
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Vietnam War
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Sputnik 1 is successfully launched
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Berlin Wall erected
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Johnson escalates Vietnam War
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Nixon withdraws from Vietnam War
Nixon promises to remove 25,000 troops from Vietnam -
Nixon promises to withdraw from Vietnam War
He promises to remove 35,000 more soldiers. -
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Soviet War in Afghanistan
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Berlin Wall was torn down
