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WWII Ends
Ends American-Soviet co-op -
Marshall Plan
contain communist expansion -
Berlin Blockade
Increases tension -
NATO formed
deter aggression from Soviet Bloc -
Korean War begins
USSR fails to show, starting proxy war -
Warsaw Pact formed
collective security -
Khrushchev calls for Peaceful Co-existence
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Hungarian Uprising
Warsaw pact isn't unified, but the uprising is shut down by Warsaw Pact forces -
Berlin Wall
Prevent Western expansion -
Cuban Missile Crisis
potential for nuclear war -
Prague Spring ends
Soviet Union invades, Brezhnev Doctrine follows -
Nuclear non-proliferation Treaty signed
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Helsinki Accords
detente during cold war -
Vietnam War ends
failure of containment and Domino Theory -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
increased hostilities -
Solidarity trade union
starts pro-democracy movements in Poland -
Berlin Wall torn down
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START signed
reduce number of nuclear weapons being made as deterrence -
Warsaw Pact dissolved
members may go to join NATO -
Soviet Union is dissolved
Ceases to exist and officially ends the cold war
