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The beginning of the Yalta confrence was the World War II meeting of the heads of government from the following countures: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union
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Adolf Hitler ends his life right before the end of the war
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Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers offically ending World War II in Europe
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The Manhattan Project is formed and scientists start testing
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President Harry S. Truman asks Congress to authorize economic and military aid to help prevent a communist takeover
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The Centeral Intelligence Agency, also known as the CIA, is founded
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The Marshall Plan is established giving aid to those in Western Europe after World War II
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The Berlin Bloackade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britian, and the United States to travel to their sector of Germany. Which was in the Russian occupied East Germany.
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NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is created
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The United States and United Nations forces begin fighting in Korea
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The United States supports coups overthrow of the Iranian Government
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The United States of America supports the overthrow of the Guatemalan government
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The Warsaw Pact is formed
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The first Smmit Meeting between Dwight Eisenhower and the Premier Nikita Khrushchev
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The Red Army crushed the Hungarian Revolution creating an end to the Hungarian Revolution
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The Soviets launch their first manmade satallite into the sky
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Fidel Castro becomes the premier of Cuba, and creates and instills a communist governemnt in Cuba.
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The Bay of Pigs invasion, created by President Kennedy is a fail due to the fact that the army forgot about the time change so the element of surprise wasn't there
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The East Germans form the Berlin Wall, creating a seperation from East Germany and West Germany.
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The Sino-Sviet conflict begins
