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End of WW2
WW2 came to an end in Europe. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War. -
iron curtain speech
a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, especially such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries -
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Berlin Airlift
blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city -
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U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces.
North Korean troops unexpectedly attacked South Korea and
america wanted the invasion immediately brought before the Security Council. -
Red Army crushes the Hungarian Revolution.
Thousands were killed and wounded, and nearly a quarter-million Hungarians fled the country. -
Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba
He ruled over Cuba for nearly five decades, until handing off power to his younger brother Raúl in 2008. -
East Germany builds Berlin Wall.
East German authorities begin building a wall–the Berlin Wall–to permanently close off access to the West. -
Berlin Wall is demolished.
as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West -
End of the Cold War
The fall of the Berlin Wall. The shredding of the Iron Curtain. The end of the Cold War.
