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An iron curtain descends across Europe
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<>Berlin aircraft occurs and Czechoslovscakia becomes the last Eastern European country to become Communist
The reason the Berlin aircraft was created was because of the Soviet blockade. They had to do this so they could airlift supplies to the city. Czechoslovakia became the final eastern European country to become a communist. -
Creation of East and West Germany
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<>China come to the aid of north Korea and forces UN troops to retreat
During the Korean War, China stepped in for North Korea, throwing down UN forces and pushing them back. They were not messing around. Ended up forcing the UN to retreat and regroup. -
<>North Korea invades South Korea
North Korea launches an invasion of South Korea, setting off the Korean War. The whole world's involved, scrambling to sort things out. -
<>The Korean War ends with a cease fire and Korea remains divided at the 38th parallel and Stalin, leader of Soviet Union, dies.
The Korean War wraps up with a ceasefire deal, Korea's split along the 38th parallel. Around that same time, Joseph Stalin shuffles off this coil. -
The French lose the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and decide to pull out of Indochina.
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Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet Premier and Austria reunifies under the condition they remain neutraal in the condition they remain neutral in the Cold War
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Soviets crush a revolt in Hungary while the West does nothing.
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Sputnik I is launched.
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<>American U-2 soy plan is shot down by the Soviet Union
There was an American U-2 spy plane cruising around, doing its thing. But, The Soviet Union takes it down. Like, tensions between these superpowers shoot through the roof. -
Construction begins on the Berlin Wall and the Bay of Pigs invation occurs
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<>Cuban Missil Crisis occurs and U.S. increases number of millatary advisors to South Vietnam to 16,000
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. finds Soviet nukes in Cuba, sparking a lot of tension. Meanwhile, they also send more military advisors to Vietnam, making things even more intense. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurs and the United States Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and Leonid Brezhnev becomes the leader of the Soviet Union.
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<>President Lyndon B.Johnson sent the first 60,000 gruond troops to Vietnam
President Lyndon B. Johnson decides to crank up U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War by sending a whopping 60,000 ground troops over. Things went from 0 to 100 real quick. -
Tet Offensive occurs.
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Detente begins
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<>United States and North Vietnam agree to a cease fire.
The United States and North Vietnam finally reached a ceasefire agreement, putting an end to direct U.S. military action in the Vietnam War. It's a major moment of relief for everyone involved. -
<>The last combat troops leave South Vietnam and the nation falls to Communist North Vietnam.
The withdrawal of U.S. combat troops marked the end of American military involvement in the Vietnam War. After this South Vietnam fell to Communist North Vietnam. -
<>Soviet-Afghan War begins
The Soviet-Afghan War started when the Soviet Union intervened to support Afghanistan's communist government against insurgents. This made the tensions in between high. -
Josip Bros Tito, the president of Yugoslavia,dies and Lech Wales estabilishes the Solidarty movement in Poland.
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Mikhail Gorbachev beconmes the leader of the Soviet Union
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The Soviet Union withdraws troops from Afghanistan, Romanian uprising ousts Nicholae Ceausescu and his wife, and the U.S.S.R. allows the dismantling of the Berlin Wall.
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Estonia ,Latvia and Lithuania declare theitr indepemdamce and East and WestGermany reunite under Chancellor Helmut kohl
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Soviet republics of Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan declare independence and Gorbachev resigns and Boris Yeltsin becomes the first president of Russia.
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Czechoslovakia becomes the Czech Republic and Slovakia
