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potsdam confrence
Dicussed the future for Eastern Europe and Germany involving the soviet union in the war against Japan. The leaders at Potsdam established a council of foreign ministers to plan the preperation for peace treaties -
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cold war
The United States and the Soviet Union. Worlwaide power struggle for Power -
Beginning of Cold War
Bernard Baruch gave a speecj in 1947 discussing the Cold War. He talked about the struggle for power between the U.S. and Soviet Union. Winston Churchill gave a speech about Europe being divided. -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Airlift was a massive transfer of essential supplies flown into Berlin,Germany by US forces in around the clock missions. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Considered the climax of the cold war between the soviet union and the U.S. Soviet wanted to install nuclear missiles on the island nation of Cuba, U.S saw it as a nuclear threat and attack, soon the soviet union began the transport of nuclear ballistic missles, launching them all around the u.s. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War grew out of Indochinas struggle for independence,first against the french,US. The US dedicated itself in 1955 to building a strong Vietnamese nation in the South. -
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glasnt/perestraika
government allowed people to have more of a say in what went on, leading to a worn our economy and civil unrest. Glasnot was a period where they decreased the amount of media they censored, causing panic and increase in social protests. -
berlin wall
Physical barrier that seperated west berlin and east berlin. ts came down in 1989 -
Fall of Communism
its the collapse of communisms. And the collapse of the berlin wall.
