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After the Soviet Union's wall collapsed in 1990, the US airlifted over two million West Berliners to safety. The event served as an escape route for people wanting to flee communist nations. The wall was then constructed to keep people from East Berlin from moving to West Berlin.

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Prime Minister Adolphe Lumumba was assassinated on January 17, 1961 just seven months after Congo gained independence from Belgium. His assassination was carried out by a group of Congolese leaders whom the CIA believed were aligned with the Soviets.

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Mao Zedong led a guerilla war against the Chinese government in the 1930s. During WWII, the US provided China with large amounts of military aid. The civil war between the communists and the Jiang Jieshi government resumed after Japan defeated the Japanese.

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Vietnam war:
From 1964 to 1973, the US fought a shooting war in Vietnam. It was a civil war between the communist insurgents in South Vietnam and the non-communist government of the country. The US' commitment to the war was in keeping with the country's containment policy.

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Cuban missile crisis:
After Fidel Castro overthrew the US' corrupt government in Cuba in 1951, the USSR supported him. The CIA then trained a covert force of Cubans in Florida to overthrow him. The Bay of Pigs incident led to the Cold War.