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The United Nations Is Formed
The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers. -
Germany Divided
The Cold War divided Germany between the Western Allies in the west and Soviets in the east. -
Truman Doctrine
America promised it would support free countries to help fight communism. -
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Cold War
The Cold War (1947–1991) was the tense relationship between the United States (and its allies), and the Soviet Union (the USSR and its allies) between the end of World War II and the fall of the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Airlift
Stalin decided to gain control of West Berlin, which was deep inside the Eastern Sector. He cuts road, rail and canal links with West Berlin, hoping to starve it into submission. West responded by airlifting supplies to allow West Berlin to survive -
NATO
The western nations formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to coordinate their defense against USSR. Consists of America, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Holland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal. -
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Execution
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. -
Warsaw Pact Formed
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Sputnik
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957, orbiting for three weeks before its batteries died, then silently for two more months before falling back into the atmosphere.
