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Germany Surrenders
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Period: to
Cold War Major Events
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Soviet Union occupies east Germany
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Japan surrenders
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Truman Doctrine speech
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Marshall plan is proposed
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NATO established
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Soviets gain nuclear weapons
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China becomes communist
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South Korea invaded by north Korea
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Truman fires General MacArthur
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Dwight D. Eisenhower president
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Warsaw pact established
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Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba
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Bay of Pigs attack
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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President JFK assassinated
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Gulf of Tonkin attack
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Nixon becomes president