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UN created
united nations was an international orginization of countries desighned to prevent future wars by giving countries a place to work out differences, based in new york, meet in the genral assembly -
Germany was devided
it was divided into four zones ruled by the US, UK, USSR, and FRANCE -
atomic bomb
america drops the first atomic bomb on japan, creating the nuclear age, being the only one with a nuclear bomb -
the iron curtin
churchill coined the term iron curton, to explain an imaginary line seperating eastern communist eaurope, from capitilism western europe -
Truman doctrin
us policy of giving ecomic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents -
problems with stalin
stalin declared the incompatibility of communism and capitalism, making a mark in starting the cold war -
Marshal plan
designed to help give assistance to help european countries rebuild, created by state george marshall, helped feed, and have trade partners -
money aid
12.5 billion plan came after communism took in czechoslovokia, brittian, france, italy, and west germany made aid -
currncy
in order to benefit the economy, western allies converted a new currency in there zones of germany, ussr did not like that and blocked access to west berlin, attempted to starve the city into submision -
Berlin Airlift
this was a massive opperation of flying food and supplies into west berlin from the western allies to sustain the whole city, 2.3 millions of food came in 3 minute take offs, ussr did not want any war -
NATO
th enato was now created, and joined a defensive alliance composed of ten western european nations, and cannada to form the north atlantic treaty orginization, later came germany -
USSR calls it off
admitted defeat by lifting the blockade -
USSR and spies
they began using spies, propaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations to outmanuver one another -
USSR atomic bomb
ussr tested there first atomic bomb and it was a success -
the H-BOMB
trumen wanteda more powerful bomb called the thermo nuclear bomb -
USSR THE H_BOMB
the ussr developed there versoin of the h-bomb -
Germany Joins
germany joins the nato and has a strong nation now -
WARSAW PACT
this is a USSR national defense team composed of eastern europe and eastern germany -
RUSSIA Gets the missile
soviets developed an incontinental ballistic missle -
RUSSIA satellite
russia used ther IBCM to luanch there satilite into space very far, called the sputnick, gather data of upper hemosphere conditions -
US satelite
us luanched there satellite, and it was better, second to do so -
US gets caught
a us spy was shot down in a CIA U-2 piloted by francis Gary Powers, in USSR, and punished by them for two years in soviet prision for espionage -
Berlin Wall
soviets made the berlin wall to keep east germany from leaving composed of dogs, tower gurdes and a wall, and a ditch
