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A meeting of allied leaders during the last year of WWII, in which it was agreed that Germany must have unconditional surrender. Russia also agreed to host domocratic elections in East Europe, which it did not do
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This was the day that Nazi Germany surrendered
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A meeting of allied leaders after Germany fell, where it was agreed that Japan must have unconditional surrender.
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On August 6, the US dropped an atomic weapon on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, following it on August 9 with one to be dropped on Nagasaki. This convinced Japan to surrender.
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The day Japan surrendered
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The Truman Doctrine states that The US will oppose communism via containment
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On this day, Truman signed into law a bill stating that the US will provide support to any nation willing to become democratic.
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This was the Soviet version of the Marshall Plan, providing support to any nation to become communist.
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The alliance eastern powers to rival NATO
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The US, South Korea, and UN forces fought against North Korea and China
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Fidel Castro led revolutionaries against US supported authoritarian government, eventually becoming communist
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The launching of a Soviet satellite, the first launched
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After a growing trust between the two nations, it was revealed the US was spying on the Soviet Union, because a spy plane was shot down, and the pilot taken in.
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A failed CIA-backed militant group of cuban rebels attempting to overthrow Castro
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The Soviet Union blockaded West Germany to force the Western powers to give up West Germany
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Apollo 11 allowed Americans to land on the moon. This was the first ever lunar landing