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Yalta Conference
roosevelt and churchill agreed to stalin's demands regarding poland and the united nations -
Truman Doctrine
assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
Berlin Blockade
The united states and united kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to berlin from allied airbases in western germany -
Creation of NATO
the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the western hemisphere -
Korean War
North korea people invaded the south korea -
Cuban Revolution
conflict led by fidel Castro to overthrow the government of fulgencio batista -
Space Race
Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon for the first time -
Suez Crisis
Israeli armed forces pushed into egypt toward the suez canal -
Berlin Crisis of 1961
east german police and military units sealed off all arteries leading to west berlin -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
components of brigade 2506 landed at the bay of pigs on april and were defeated within 2 days by Cuban armed forces. -
Soviet-Afghan War
the soviet union began to secretly install missiles in cuba to launch attacks on united states cities. -
Vietnam War
vietnam war pitted communist north vietnam and the viet cong against south vietnam and the united states. -
Chernobyl Disaster
an explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
destruction of the berlin wall and the figurative Iron Curtain