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USSR launched a satellite in space that shocked the US due to the intelligence the USSR had with technology.

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This started in 1943, Greek communist tried to overthrow the government which sparked civil war. USSR supported the Greek communist while US supported the Greek government.

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The Marshall Plan was announced in 1947, this plan aimed to provide financial support to Western European countries recovering from WW2.

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Led by JFK in 1959 the US plan to invade Cuba and overthrow the communist government Fidel Castro failed. The Cuban troops had already settled in Bay of Pigs and started their attack right when the US first landed. This made JFk look weak, and Castro look powerful.

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After WW2, Germany was split in half to be owned by US and USSR. This caused USSR to start the Berlin Blockade to prevent western influence. The US however did the Berlin Airlift which dropped resources into East Germany thus ending the Blockade.

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Nikita Khrushchev had placed missiles in Cuba to defend the Soviet Union which led to tension on the whole world. The Us had then also put missiles in Cuba in a defense attack. But after an agreement on both sides, Kennedy agreed to not invade Cuba. This was the closest point to a war.

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In April 1949, 12 countries in North American and Western Europe formed NATO as a security pact. NATO was formed to promote democratic values, help member nations on defense and prevent conflict.

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In an attempt to to preserve containment, the US involved itself in the Vietnam war which was in conflict to become communist as a whole. The Domino theory was the main reason for the US to send two million troops to fight the norther Vietnam. At the end however, South Vietnam fell to Communism.

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After WW2, Germany had been divided in half where the east was owned by USSR while the west was owned by western powers. Many eastern Germans fled Stalin's rule, this caused him to put up the Berlin wall to prevent this migration.

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Korea was split in half after WW2, where North Korea went to USSR and South Korea went to US. North Korean leader Kim II Sung wanted to reunify Korea again, this led to proxy war. US backed South and USSR backed North.

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In 1955, communist countries formed the Warsaw Pact. This was similar to NATO in where it helped protected communist country’s defense. The creation of the Warsaw Pact also led to USSR gaining a tighter control of other communist countries.

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Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed humans on the moon. It was sent to further push the victory of America during the Space Race against the USSR.