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-Febuary 4-11, 1945
-they decided that Germany would be divided
-Eastern Europe joins USSR "sphere of influence"

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~Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech~

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~Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech~

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-March 5, 1946
-USSR wasn't interested in war
-communist control befallen Eastern Europe

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-April 4, 1949
- NATO was an alliance against the USSR
-made to keep soviets out, germans down, & americans in

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-May 14, 1955
-counter NATO
-strengthened soviets control
-military occupation of satellite states

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-April 1961
-few days where nuclear war was at verge of starting
-Boy of rigs=attempted overthrow of castro by USA
-USSR sent missiles to Cuba
-USA sent missiles to Italy & Turkey
-USA & USSR agree to disarm

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-August 1961
-they decided to divide East & West Berlin
-hundreds would try to escape
-the wall symbolized the iron curtain
-The wall was taken down on November 9, 1989

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-USA & USSR were having a "race to space"
-In 1961 JFK promised to put a man on the moon
-On July 20, 1969 USA landed 2 men on the moon: Neil Armstrong & Buzz Alain
-trumped previous USSR accomplishments
-US beat USSR in terms of technology

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-1st phase began November 1971
- SALT I was on May 26, 1972
-discussions for SALT II took place 1977-1979
-SALT II was July 1979 but was never ratified because of invasion of Afghanistan & presence in Cuba

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-Took place June 25 1950-1953
-It was North Korea vs South Korea
-North Korea had China and the USSR & South Korea had the US
-North Korea crossed the 38th parallel
-On october 12, 1951 US captured North Korea capital named Proxy Peyong Yang

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-Took place 1955-1975
-also known as Indochina war
-Between North & South Vietnam
-They fought for about 10 years
-Fighting stopped in January 1973
-Over 1 million Vietnamese died & 58 thousand US died
-The North had USSR and the South had the US
-They used guerilla warfare
-The North(communism) won
-This was the 1st time US lost!

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-1979-1989
-since 1919 USSR controlled politics, the military, & the economy in Afghanistan
-1978 PDPA was a national democratic party & placed many different reforms
-USSR decided to invade in 1979 to support PDPA
-refugees fled to Pakistan and US put its own forced there
-In 1989 Gorbachev decided to end the war

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-June 1989-August 1991
-In the late 1980s the Soviet union seemed to be powerful but was actually falling apart
-hybrid communist-capitalist system backfired on them and the people used their powers to push for reform
-The kept losing more and more control
-1989 soviet satellite nations began to pull away
- 1991 Gorbachev pulled plug on military & planned to restructure the economy