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the division of Berlin
to rebuild Germany and the rest of Europe after the war the allies divided euprope among each other. Berlin was under controll of every ally and half of it was under Soviet control -
cold war begins
America and the Soviet Union emerged as the two superpowers after world war 2. Strained relations and a idea of communism vs capitalism caused this rivalry -
The Korean War
After World War II Korea was temporarily divided between the Soviets in the North, who established a communist government, and Americans in the South, who supported a non-communist regime. The Nort attacked the South in efforts to unite Korea under a communist government, but after three years of war with a lot of foreign involvement (China and UN) the two sides agreed to an armistice. -
New Alliances
To counter Soviet power in Russia NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization consisting of America, Canada, and Western European countries, was formed. In response the Soviet Union created the Warsaw Pact with communist Eastern European countries. -
Vietnam War
After Vietnam had independence, it was temporarily divided into a communist North and an anti-communist South. Vietcong in the South wanted to overthrow their government and reunite Vietnam. They had support of North and the South had U.S support. After U.S withdrew the North conquered the South. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S spy planes detected Soviet missile bunkers and launching sites in Cuba. This created a trouble because many major cites were in the 4000 mile range of the Soviet missiles, -
Test Ban Treaty
President Eisenhower was favored limiting nuclear development and testing. U.S and Soviet Union signed this treaty, which outlawed nuclear testing in atmosphere, underwater, or outer space. -
SALT I
Richard Nixon started the Strategic Arms Limitaions Talks, or SALT I, to reduce tensions between the superpowers. This led to te ABM Treaty, or Anti-Ballistic Missile, which developed weapons that could shoot down missiles so both countries would be vunerable to each other (to discourage war) -
INF treaty
Ronald Regan began talks with Mikhail Gorbachev on arms control which led to the elimination of certain misslies. This would start to improve relations after many tense years -
the soviet union collapses
many countries in the soviet union declared their freedom. starting with lithuania in 1990 fifteen countries declared themselves independent and did not have to fight
