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UN formally established
The United Nations is an organization that solves global problems through cooperation. -
End of the second World War
Germany surrendered. After the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945, and the Second World War came to an end. -
Declaration of Indipendent Israel
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Truman Doctrine - Marshall Plan
The Truman Doctrine supported the containment policy as well as the Marshall Plan which supported the countries who were against the communist ideology. -
Paris Peace Treaties
After the Second World War, the looser countries participated which contained territorial adjustments. -
Comecon
Comecon was an economic agreement amongst communist nations loyal to the Soviet Union. -
German fomally divided into 2 parts
the Federal Republic of Germany, allied to the Western democracies, and the German Democratic Republic, allied to the Soviet Union -
NATO
NATO's purpose is to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North and South Korea where the North was supported by China and the Soviet Union and the South by the USA. -
Death of Stalin
It was a critical turning point, leading to a period of de-Stalinization. The next leader was Kruschev. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance within the Eastern Block. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin, which was controlled by the major Western Allies. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War -
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Vietnam War
It was a conflict between the North which was supported by the communist allies and the South backed by the USA. -
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Southern Slav Wars
A series of ethnic conflicts and wars of independence resulted in the breakup of Yugoslavia into several independent nations. -
End of Cold War
