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Yalta Conference
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Creation of the United Nations
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Potsdam Conference
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Period: to
Cold War
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Iron Curtain divides Europe
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Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan put into place
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Soviet Blockade of Berlin
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America and Britain Airlift Supplies to Berlin
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Stalin ends the Blockade
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First Test of Soviet Atomic Bomb
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China and the Soviet Union Begin to Fight
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Start of the Korean War
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Launch of Sputnik
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An American Spy Plane is Shot Down and Its Pilot is Captured
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The Cold War's Tensions Begin to Subside
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Ronald Reagan is Elected President