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The meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe.
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Cold war Duration
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Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech
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Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War- Aide Will be provided
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American plan to aid europe with the condition of turning Democratic
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President Eduard Benes allows a communist-dominated government to be organized due to pressure from the Czechoslovakian communist party
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The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control.
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NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) formed for protection from Communist aggression. An attack on one meant an attack on all.
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Soviets explode first atomic bomb
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North ans South Korea go to war. America gets involved in favor of South Korea.
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Air raid drills are normal on US Schools.
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Nuclear Arms Race atomic test series of 11 explosions at Nevada Test Site
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Korean war ends. Nobody wins, Armistice is signed.
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Warsaw Pact signed by USSR and Eastern Europe countries.
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Fidel Castro takes Cuba over by force
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Vietnam War starts.
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The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded.
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US. astronaut Neil Armstrong londs on the moon.
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US and North Vietnam negotiate and end war; US defeated,,
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US Leaves Vietnam . Vietnam is unified
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Soviet Union invades afghanistan. The decade-long war resulted in millions of Afghans fleeing their country, mostly to Pakistan and Iran.
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US warns Soviet Union not to interfere with worker strikes in Poland.
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Soviet Union and the Cold War End
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Soviets defeated in Afghanistan
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Berlin wall is finally broken down
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Wałęsa's inauguration is thought by many to be the formal end of Communism in Poland
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Less than one year after the destruction of the Berlin Wall, East and West Germany come together on what is known as "Unity Day."
