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the creation of the Iron Curtain
Iron curtain is a term used to describe the boundary that separated the warsaw pact countries from the NATO countries from about 1945 until the end of the cold war in 1991. -
The Marshall Plan
the marshall plan was the american program to aid europe where the united states gave monetary support to help rebuild european economies after the end of world war II in order to prevent the spread of soviet communism. -
Forming of NATO
In 1949, the prospect of further communist expansion prompted the united states and 11 other western nations to form the north atlantic treaty organization witch is NATO. -
Warsaw Pact
the sviet union and its affiliated communist nations in eastern europe founded a rival alliance, the warsaw pact, in 1955. -
Vietnam War
rhe cold war was a fight between the U.S. and the USSR over the worlds resources. south vietnam was an alie of the US and north vietnam was an alie of the USSR. -
Sputnik
the Sputnik crisis was the american reaction to the success of the sputnik program. -
The U-2 incident
The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower and during the leadership. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay Of Pigs invasion refers to the CIA sponsored American attack of the Cuban government in order to overthrow Fidel Castro. -
Creation of the berlin wall
the berlin wall was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept east germans from fleeing to the west. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
the cuban missile crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war.