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Ho Chi Minh
He served as Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1945 to 1955, and as President of Vietnam from 1945 until his death in 1969 -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II -
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the Korean war
the Koreas were fighting because they wanted to reunite the Koreas but they could not agree on a way to -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
Kim Il Sung
Kim Il-sung was a Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, -
NATO being created
the military alliance between 30 member states -
Mao Zedung
he was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China -
Chinese Volunteers join the Korean war
About 3 million Chinese civilian and military personnel served in Korea throughout the war. The People's Volunteer Army used a plain red flag during the war -
Warsaw Pact creation
defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. -
Sputnik Launch
the first spaceship to ever be in space -
Space Race
America and Russia race to see who got to space first -
JFK
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Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam -
Cultural Revolution
was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China -
1st Man on Moon
America had the first man on the moon which was Neil Armstrong -
Nixon
US President -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin -
Iranian Revolution
they were trying to over through the Pahlavi dynasty -
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Soviet-Afghan War
The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. It saw extensive fighting between the Soviet Union, and the DRA -
Reagan
US President