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Yalta Conference
ww2 meeting of heads of government of the us , uk and russia and they talked about postwar stuff -
Second Red Scare
occured right after ww2, mccarthyism -
Truman Doctrine
president harry s truman
its a principle that the us should support other countries that have been threatened or affected by soviet forces -
Berlin Blockade
joesph stalin ran it
they cut off all land and river transit between west berlin and west germany -
Creation of NATO
was founded after ww2 and its purpose is to secure peace in europe -
Korean War
north korea invaded south korea in a generated attack -
Cuban Revolution
was an effort to overthrow the government of cuba -
Space Race
this was a competition between two cold war rivals, us and russia to see who could create better spacelight travel -
Vietnam War
a bunch of people from vietnam ran it,
there was a peace agreement concluded -
Vietnam War
the war started because they wanted to prevent a communist takeover of the region -
Suez Crisis
this was aggression in the arab but an invasion in egypt , which the uk and france joined -
1960 U2 Incident
an american spy plane that was shot down over russian air space -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The cia started this
this was a failed attack in attempt to push the cuban leader fidel castro from power -
Berlin Crisis of 1961
east german police and military units sealed off all arteries leading to west berlin -
Fall of Soviet Union
the failed coup against gorbachev sealed the fate of the soviet union
