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Cold war
Yalta Conference Cold War Begins-End of Soviet Union Cold War Ends -
Trumen Doctorine
Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War -
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan is announced -
Creating NATO
NATO ratified -
Arms Race
Soviets explode first atomic bomb -
Korean War
Korean War begins -
Korean War Ends
Korean War Ends -
Vietnam war
The start in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia -
Launching of Sputnik
Sputnik launched into orbit -
Space Race Begins
Sputnik is in orbit -
Bay of Pigs invasion
Bay of Pigs invasion -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Missle being put in Cuba -
End of Vietnam war
North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam