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Yalta Conference is held
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Chinese Civil War resumed by communist and national forces
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UN withdrawal of foreign soldiers in Korea
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Communist party takes control over Czechoslovakia
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NATO is founded
Founded by Canada, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, and others to resist Communist expansion -
UK recognizes the PRC.
Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK -
The Chinese soldiers capture Seoul
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Greece and Turkey join NATO
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Joseph Stalin dies
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The Huk revolt in the philippines is defeated
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Soviet aid to Syria begins
Syrians will remain allies of the Soviets until the war ends -
Allies end military occupation in West Germany
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Communist insurgency begins in South Vietnam
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Joseph McCarthy dies
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NASA is formed
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France successfully tests it's first atomic bomb
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Soviet Union detonates Tsar Bomba
the most powerful thermonuclear weapon ever tested -
End of the Himalayan war
Started in September 8th, the Chinese attacked India -
JFK is shot and killed in Dallas
Conspiracy about whether it was the CIA or communist countries -
South African border war begins