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Period: to
Tehran Conference
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Period: to
Yalta Conference
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Roosevelt died
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Germany surrender in WW2
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Potsdam Conference
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Japanese surrender; end of WW2
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George Keenan Long Telegram
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Churchill Iron Curtain Speech
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Truman Doctrine
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Marshall Plan announced
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Molotov Plan
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Czech Coup
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Marshall Plan approved
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Deutschmark introduced to West Germany
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Soviet introduced their own currency reform to Germany
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Berlin Blockade
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NATO
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Soviet successful testing of atomic bomb
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Fall of China to communism
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Dean Acheson's Defence Perimeter Speech
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Stalin agree to Kim's invasion plans
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Korean War
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US sponsored a resolution in UN Security Council calling for military actions against North Korea
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China entered Korean War on NK's side
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Truman discharged General MacArthur for insubordination
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POW Issue; Kim asked Stalin to make peace to end war
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Death of Stalin
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Operation Everready
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Warsaw Pact
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Castro takes power in Cuba
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Land Redistribution Program
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Cuba Trade Agreement with USSR
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Castro openly aligns himself with Soviets
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Cuba and US broke off diplomatic relations
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JFK became President
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Bay of Pigs
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U2 accidents over Cuba & Siberia
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Total embargo of goods to Cuba except food and medicine
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Trade Embargo on all goods made from Cuban material
even if they are made in another country -
Khrushchev decided on installing missiles for various reasons
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USA conducted Operation Quickkick
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Castro accepts deployment of nuclear weapons
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US intelligience discovered Soviets building missiles sites in Cuba
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Quarantine of Cuban waters
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Removal of missiles from Cuba
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Glastnost, Perestroika
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Collapse of Soviet Union