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1955 BCE
Warsaw Pact formed
Formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance. It was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw Poland among the Soviet Union and seven soviet satellite states.
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Atomic Bomb
The United States dropped two nuclear weapons over The japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was an allied victory.
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Buffer States of the USSR
Non communist states before World War II. Also it was territory enlargement. Poland and other states between and the Soviet Union were described as buffer states.
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Truman Doctrine
It was an American foreign policy to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was first announced to congress by President Harry S. Truman
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Molotov Plan
Created by the Soviet Union. To Provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union
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U.S aid to Turkey
The economic and Technical Operation agreement was signed. It advanced their relationship further between the United States and Turkey.
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U.S aid to Greece
The extension of military and economics. Supporting free nations against aggression
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Marshall Plan
American initiative to aid Western Europe. The U.S gave $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II
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Berlin Airlift
First international crises of the cold war. Germany and the soviet Union blocked the western allies.
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Communist win China
The surrender of Japan created a civil war which the communist won after many struggles. Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China.
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NATO Established
Also called The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Intergovernmental. Military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty.
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USSR gets atomic bomb
It was a remote test. It was code named “First Lightning” They constructed buildings and bridges in order to measure the effects of the blast.
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Korean War
A war between North and South Korea. It started because North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border.
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Coup in Iran
To overthrow the democratically Prime Minister. It was in favour to strength the monarch
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Coup in Guatemala
It was carried out by the U.S Central Intelligence Agency. It deposed the democratically President and ended the Guatemalan Revolution
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Communist Angola
An underground Political Party in Portuguese Angola. Later it merged into into People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola.
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Beginning of troops in Vietnam
Know as the Second Indochina War was a war against America. It was the longest US combat force participation.
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Hungary (Rebellion)
A nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People republic and on soviet-imposed policies. It was the major threat to Soviet control.
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Suez Canal Crisis
It was also known as the Sinai War. Invasion of Egypt by Israel. It was followed by United Kingdom and France
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First artificial Earth Satellite
It was named Sputnik 1 was the first artificial earth satellite. The soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth Orbit.
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Sandinistas rise up in Nicaragua
Encompassed the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship. It was led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front. It lasted 20 years.`
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Cuban (Missile Crisis)
It was 13 day confrontation. It was between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American Ballistic missile.
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China explodes atomic bomb
They exploded atomic bombs after successfully testing a nuclear test. The U.S didn’t find it surprising because they indicated them doing it.
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Coup in Chile
It was a watershed event in history for chile and the cold war. Following the tension between the right controlled congress
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End of Troops in Vietnam
Known as the second Indochina War and in Vietnam it was known as the American War.Saigon. It fell to the communist a conflict with Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
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Soviets invade Afghanistan
The soviet union sent thousands of troops in the afghanistan. They assumed complete military and political control
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War in El Salvador -
A conflict between the military led government of El Salvador and the liberation front. Lasted 12 years.
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Evil Empire Speech
The president Ronald Reagan planned on exceeding the Soviets Union strategic and global military capabilities.
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Star Wars (S.D.I)
It was a proposed missile defense system. It intended to protect the United States from Ballistic Strategic nuclear weapons.
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Iran Contra Affair
A political scandal in the U.S. It occured in the second term of the Reagan administration.
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Fall of Berlin Wall
East Berlin’s communist party announced a change in his city’s relation with the West. He said citizens of the GDR were free to cross the border.
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Fall of the USSR
Granted self governing independence in the Republics of the Soviet Union. Result of the declaration number 142- H of the Supreme Soviets and Soviet Union.
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