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Buffer States of the USSR
Non-communist states before World War II. Also it was territory enlargement. Poland and other states between and the Soviet Union were described as buffer states.
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Atomic Bomb
The United States dropped two nuclear weapons over The Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was an allied victory.
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Molotov Plan
Created by the Soviet Union. To Provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union
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U.S aid to Turkey
The economic and Technical Operation agreement was signed. It advanced their relationship further between the United States and Turkey.
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U.S aid to Greece
The extension of military and economics. Supporting free nations against aggression
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Truman Doctrine
It was an American foreign policy to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was first announced to congress by President Harry S. Truman
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Marshall Plan
American initiative to aid Western Europe. The U.S gave $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II
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Berlin Airlift
First international crises of the cold war. Germany and the soviet Union blocked the western allies.
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Communist win China
The surrender of Japan created a civil war which the communist won after many struggles. Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China.
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NATO Established
Also called The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Intergovernmental. Military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty.
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USSR gets atomic bomb
It was a remote test. It was code named “First Lightning” They constructed buildings and bridges in order to measure the effects of the blast.
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Korean War
A war between North and South Korea. It started because North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border.
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Coup in Iran
To overthrow the democratically Prime Minister. It was in favour to strength the monarch
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Coup in Guatemala
t was carried out by the U.S Central Intelligence Agency. It deposed the democratically President and ended the Guatemalan Revolution
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Communist Angola
An underground Political Party in Portuguese Angola. Later it merged into into People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola.
(Deterrence) -
Warsaw Pact formed
Formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance. It was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw Poland among the Soviet Union and seven soviet satellite states.
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Beginning of troops in Vietnam
Know as the Second Indochina War was a war against America. It was the longest US combat force participation.
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Hungary (Rebellion)
A nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People republic and on soviet-imposed policies. It was the major threat to Soviet control.
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Suez Canal Crisis
It was also known as the Sinai War. Invasion of Egypt by Israel. It was followed by United Kingdom and France
(Domino Theory) -
First artificial Earth Satellite.
It was named Sputnik 1 was the first artificial earth satellite. The soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth Orbit.
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Sandinistas rise up in Nicaragua
Encompassed the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship. It was led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front. It lasted 20 years.`
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Cuban (Missile Crisis)
It was 13 day confrontation. It was between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American Ballistic missile.
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China explodes atomic bomb
They exploded atomic bombs after successfully testing a nuclear test. The U.S didn’t find it surprising because they indicated them doing it.
(Brinkmanship) -
Coup in Chile
It was a watershed event in history for chile and the cold war. Following the tension between the right controlled congress
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End of Troops in Vietnam
Known as the second Indochina War and in Vietnam it was known as the American War.Saigon. It fell to the communist a conflict with Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
(Domino Theory) -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
The soviet union sent thousands of troops in the afghanistan. They assumed complete military and political control
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War in El Salvador
A conflict between the military led government of El Salvador and the liberation front. Lasted 12 years.
(Brinkmanship) -
Evil Empire Speech
The president Ronald Reagan planned on exceeding the Soviets Union strategic and global military capabilities.
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Star Wars (S.D.I)
It was a proposed missile defense system. It intended to protect the United States from Ballistic Strategic nuclear weapons.
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Iran Contra Affair
A political scandal in the U.S. It occured in the second term of the Reagan administration.
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Fall of Berlin Wall
East Berlin’s communist party announced a change in his city’s relation with the West. He said citizens of the GDR were free to cross the border.
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Fall of the USSR
Granted self governing independence in the Republics of the Soviet Union. Result of the declaration number 142- H of the Supreme Soviets and Soviet Union.
(Domino Theory)
