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Bay of pigs
Was a failed military invasion of cuba undertaken by the CIA -
Iron curtin
A disscusion about spreading europe into 2 parts at the end of WW2 -
Truman Doctrine
The U.S would provide political and military and economic assistance -
Marshall plan
U.S gave 13 billion in economic support to help rebuild european economies after WW2 -
NATO Formed
a military on the north alantic which is an alliance -
Berlin airlift
First major international crisis of the Cold war -
Korean war
Was a war between north and south korea against the U.S -
U.S tests the H bomb (Ivy mike)
An explosian that caused radiation in the air after the test,the code name was given was "Ivy mike. -
Warsaw pact
Was a defence treaty amog 8 communist states of eastern europe -
Vietnam War
Was a cold war era that occured it vietnam and cambodia -
Launch of sputnik
Was a satilite put in to space by the soviet union -
U-2 incedent
A U-2 plane was shot down from the sky -
Berlin Wall
This was constructed by the GDR and it was build to keep people from leaveing. -
Policy of contianment
Best known as the cold war policy of the U.S -
Cuban missle crisis
Was a 13 day cronfontation in october 1962 between the U.S and the soviet union. -
Germany Reunification
GDR joined the FRG to form the reunited union -
Non Proliferation treaty
Spread of nucler wepons and more advanced wepons throughout the world -
Soviet Union break-up
The soviet union ended on December 6th 1991