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Yalta confrence- the allied leaders meet to discuss post-war reorganization and repartations.

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potsdam confrence- The Allied leaders meet again to discuss occupation and reconstruction of Germany

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Marshall plan - the US launches a massive economic aid program to rebuild western Europe

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The Korean War- North korea forces backed by China and the soviet union, invade south korea, prompting a united nations led coalition to intervene.

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the Hungary revolution - An uprising against soviet rules is brutally suppressed.

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The Sputnik launch- The Soviet Union launches the first article satelite, sputnik, into space.

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Cuban Revelution- Fidel Castro's communist forces overthrow the authoritarian government of Fulgencio Batista.

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U-2 spy plane incident- A CIA-operated U-2 spy plane is shot down over soviet territory, leading to a deterioration in US-soviet relations.

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Berlin Wall constructrion- the soviet union builds a wall to seperate east and west Berlin, preventing east Germans from fleeing to the west.

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Cuban missile crisis- The USA and the soviet union come close to nuclear war over soviet missile installations in cuba.

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Vietnam war- the USA becomes increasingly involved in a conflict between the communist North Vietnam and anti-communist South Vietnam.

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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan- The soviet union invades Afghanistan, prompting a global outcry and a US-led boycott of the 1980 summer olympics.

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Solidarity movement- A wave of strikes and protests in Poland challenges soviet-backed communist rule.

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Fall of the Berlin wall - the Berlin wall is torn down, symbolizing the end of the division of Europe.

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Dissolution of the soviet union - the soviet union is dissolved, making it the end of the cold war.