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United Nations
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Yalta Conference
The Big Three Churchill (Great Britain), President Roosevet (USA), & Stalin (Soviet) at the end of World War II agreed that Stalin would join the fight against Japan to end World War II along as the United States & Great Britain allowed the Soviet Union to control Eastern Europe after the War. The Soviet Union agreed to allow free elections in Eastern Europe. This would establish the division in Europe between the United States (Western Europe) & the Soviet Union (Eastern Europe) that would be -
Truman Doctrine
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Marshall Plan
The marshall plan was to help Europe rebuild and stop communism from spreading -
Berlin airlift
The berlin airlift was a airlift over the blockade and planes supplied food -
NATO pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -
korean War
North korean and south korea fought -
Warsaw Pact
A defense that puts Soviets in control -
Berlin Wall
seperated East and West Germany -
Bay of pigs invasion
an unsucessful military invasion of Cuba -
vietnam war
was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1 to April 30 1975. -
The end of the cold war
The Wall was built in 1961 to prevent East Germans from fleeing from Communism. It was an iconic symbol of the Cold War and its fall in 1989 marked the end of the cold war. -
cuban missile crisis
