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marshall plan
American initiative enacted to provide foreign aid to western europe. The US transferred $13.3 billion in economic recovery programs. -
Nato Formed
North Atlantic Treaty Organization created by the US, Canada, and western European nations to provide security against the soviet union. -
Hollywood Ten
American 16mm short documentary film. Each member made a short speech denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting. -
korean war
A war between North and South Korea from 1950-1953. War started when North Korea invaded South Korea with clashes along the border. -
Bay of pigs
This invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southern coast of Cuba. -
Berlin wall goes up
The communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a barbed wire and concrete Antifaschistischer Schutzwall between West and East Berlin. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
This war lasted over 9 years. Insurgent groups known collectively as the Mujahideen fought against the occupying forces of the Soviet Union and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. -
Berlin wall comes down
The head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased.