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Yalta Conference
Meeting between the British Prime Minister and the Soviet Premier -
WWII Ends
WWII Ends in Europe -
Communists
Communists seize power in Poland -
Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy created to fix Soviet geopolitical spread -
Marshall Plan
American plan to aid Western Germany -
Berlin Airlift
Began: June 24, 1948
British and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany -
Berlin Blockade
Began: June 24, 1948
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France -
Joseph Stalin Dies
Stalin dies because of a stroke. -
Korean War
Began: June 25, 1950
Started when North Korea invaded South Korea -
Red Army
Red Army crashes the Hungarian Revolution -
Satellite
Soviets launch first man-made satellite -
U-2 Incident
United States U-2 spy plane was shot -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed military invasion of Cuba -
Berlin Wall
Keep people in East Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Began: October 14, 1962
United States and Soviet Union -
Vietnam War
began November 1, 1955
Vietnam against America -
US
US invades Grenada -
INF Treaty
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces stated that the Soviet Union and the US could not fire ground missils. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Began: December, 1979
groups fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces -
German Unification
The unification of Germany into a politically and administratively nation state
