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WW2 ends
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policy of containment was created
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Berlin blockade
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creation of NATO
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start of the first Korean proxy war
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Warsaw pact was formed
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Khrushchev calls for peaceful co-existence
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The liberation movement is crushed by Warsaw Pact forces
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Berlin wall is built
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Cuban missle crisis
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The Prague Spring ends
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The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty is signed
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Helsinki Accords provide a degree of détente during the Cold War
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Vietnam War ends
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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
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Solidarity trade union organizes the pro-democracy movement in Poland
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The fall of the Berlin wall
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The Warsaw Pact is dissolved
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START is signed
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The Soviet Union is dissolved ending the cold war