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1917- Soviet Union was created
The soviet union was ultimately created to form a rebellion against the other foreign powers. -
1917- First red scare
This was about the socialist revolution and political radicalism which made many citizens scared of communism. -
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The Cold War
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1940- Soviets had different vision for Germany
Soviets occupied eastern Europe as a buffer zone against possible future German invasion. -
1945- The UNited Nations was created
The UN could veto military actions, which the soviets did not take advantage of dispite being a -
1946- Europes "Iron Curtain"
Germany was still divided between the East and the West, Churchhill suggested that communists on "wrong side", democrats on the "right side". -
Berlin blockade/airlift
Berlin allowed highway routes opened for west berlin to get supplies. Stalin was in charge at the time and desided to close off routes, making western countries to come to him, but Trumen did not want to back down to soviets. Drop pakages of food. Went on for 3 years -
Communists vs. China
The communists were waging wars in china, and finally won taking it over. -
NATO
The non soviet countries came together as a mutal defence organization to prevent another war. -
Korean War
The Cold war was moving into asia in the 1950’s. One Korean aligned with communist, other Korea aligned with anticommunists. Containment of communism was put into effect by Truman. -
United Nation Troops
UN troops were injected into the fight in korea (most were US troops) in order to stop the spread of communism. -
Second red scare
Also known as McCarthyism. McCarthy used communist threat to advance his career. He had a list of members of US state department that practices card carrying communists. -
Warsaw Pact
After NATO formed, the soviets rebelled creating the warsaw Pact. -
Space Race
In 1957, the soviets put 2 satelights into orbit (sputnik) so united states retaliated by putting a man on the moon. -
Invade
The Soviets invaded Afghanistan, so the US helped the Mujahideen resistance which inturn helped them fight the soviets to have an upper hand in the war. -
Germany
4 major allied countries (Britian, France, United States, Soviets) divide Germany between them to root out all the existing Nazis, however, in 1990 is when Germany began to be put back together.
