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Joseph Stalin's Reign
Joseph Stalin made the Soviet Union into a militarized country. Previous to the cold war, Stalin and the Soviet Union helped defeat the Axis Powers with the U.S, but after the war they soon became enemies. -
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Chairman Mao's rule
Chairman Mao was a communist leader who founded the People's Republic of China. He gained his power after the communists won a civil war and he killed anyone who was a potential threat. -
The Communist Revolution of China
The Communist Revolution of China was when Chairman Mao and the Chinese Communist Party created the People's republic of China. It marked the end of a large war between the CCP and the Nationalist Party. -
End of World War II
The end of World War 2 was when Germany surrendered. Many of Americans celebrated the end of this long war, but many Germans committed suicide. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
The Bombing of Hiroshima was when the U.S. dropped a bomb on Hiroshima, so as to speed up the end of the war by killing many Japanese soldiers. It killed many people and those who survived were in horrible condition. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was when the Soviet Union blocked off routes for supplies to get to the Allied Forces in Berlin. The Allied Forces airlifted supplies from Allied airbases in Germany. -
Soviet Union develops Nuclear Weapons
In 1949, the Soviet Union started developing Nuclear weapons. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, research of things nuclear nearly stopped, as scientist would be assigned to research other more important subjects, but some people still remained. -
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John F. Kennedy's presidency
John F. Kennedy was elected on November 8th, 1960. He did many things to try to stop communism, including strengthening US forces, but he was assassinated on November 22, 1963. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was when U.S. forces tried to overthrow Fidel Castro, the new dictator of Cuba whom the U.S. distrusted. They thought the Cubans would support them, but they did not, and the attack failed. -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was constructed to keep Fascists from entering East Germany. It stood until November 9, 1989. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the point when the U.S. and the Soviet Union came the closest to a nuclear war. It was when Nikita Khrushchev conspired with Fidel Castro to put missiles in Cuba to ward off any future invasions. -
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Ronald Reagan's Presidency
Ronald Reagan strongly opposed the policy of Detente, or containing the communists so that they could not spread communism to territories they did not occupy. He believed that strengthening the U.S. forces and economy was the key to winning. -
Soviet-Afghan War
The Soviet-Afghan War was when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in support of a communist Afghan leader. The anti-communist Afghan troops fought bravely, but it was occupied. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
In 1991, 11 of the Soviet Republics decided they would no longer be part of the Soviet Union. This made it so that only one of its republics remained and the Soviet Union was destroyed.
