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Buffer states of the USSR
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Atomic Bomb
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Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was the system created by the Soviet Union in 1947 in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union. -
U.S. aid to Turkey
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Truman Doctrine
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U.S. aid to Greece
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Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
Berlin airlift
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Nato Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949 -
USSR gets atomic bomb
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Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea. -
Coup in Guatemala
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Coup in Iran
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Warsaw Pact Formed
political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. -
Beginning of troops in Vietnam
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Hungary (Rebellion)
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Suez canal crisis
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Sputink
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba. -
China explodes atomic bomb
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Coup in Chile
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Communist Angola
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End of troops in Vietnam
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Soviets invade Afghanistan
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US- Iran embassy hostages
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Iran Islamic Revolution
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War in El Salvador
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Evil empire speech
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Star wars (S.D.I.)
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Iran Contra Affair
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Fall of the berlin wall
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Fall of the ussr
