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Nuclear Arms Race
Started with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, because Russia wanted to make an atomic bomb too. -
End of WWII
Japan signed the terms of surrendor, therefore ending WWII. -
Iron Curtain
When Winston Churchill gave his "Senews of Peace" address using the term Iron Curtain. -
Berlin Airlift
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USSR Succesfully Develops Atomic Bomb
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Warsaw Pact
This alliance consisted of USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania. This pact was signed two weeks after Germany joined NATO. -
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Space Race
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Russia Launched Sputnik
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Development of NASA
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Cuban Missile Crisis
