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hiroshima
the us dropped the first atomic bomb on hiroshima -
victory over japan day
the japanese surrendered bringing world war 2 to an end -
marshall plan
American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
berlin airlift
the us starts a massive air lift of food water and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city -
berlin blockade and airlift
turning point in post world war two europe -
creation of nato
the north atlantic treaty organization is made -
First successful Soviet Nuclear weapon test
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korean war
things got heated between the soviets and the us -
korean war ended
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bay of pigs
the us tried to invade cuba but failed