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Yalta and Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was talked about by " The Big Three". This conference was held to negotiate terms for the end of WWII. The Yalta Conference was when Roosevelt and Churchill discussed with Stalin the conditions under which the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan, and they all three agreed. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The us had dropped two atomic bombs on these two cities. When the US did this, it had confirmed that they had higher technology options. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was a time in life where the Soviet Union had blocked Berlin off so that the Americans could not bring any needed supplies to their people. -
Korean War
The Korean War happened in 1950. This is where the communist North was trying to take over the South. The United States ended up joining to help fight against the communists. -
North Korean Invasion
North Korea aimed to militarily conquer South Korea and therefore unify Korea under the communist North Korean regime. Concerned that the Soviet Union and Communist China might have encouraged this invasion, President Harry S. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the USSR put missiles in Cuba, and the United States was not okay with this because it was way too close -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was when North Vietnam and South Vietnam had gone to war because the North invaded. United States had intervened only because of communism -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 - 1989. Separated it from East Germany and West Germany. The Berlin Wall fell due to escalating pressure from the people of Eastern Europe. -
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, the DRA and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen, foreign fighters, and smaller groups of anti-Soviet Maoists. -
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