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The final battles of the EuropeanTheatre of World War II as well as the German surrender to the Soviet Union and the Western Allies took place in late April and early May 1945.

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The Iron Curtain was both a physical and an ideological division that represented the way Europe was viewed after World War II. To the east of the Iron Curtain were the countries that were connected to or influenced by the former Soviet Union. To the west the ones related to capitalism.

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The Marshall Plan was the American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.

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From 24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949- Berlin Blockade and Airlift

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From 24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949- Berlin Blockade and Airlift

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Soviets placed a blockade on the allied sector of Berlin to starve the population into Soviet alliance.The allied response was a unbelievably massive air supply- flying night and day to feed the city.

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In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion forced the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

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Began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The UN, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. China, with assistance from the Soviet Union, came to the aid of North Korea.The capitalist section was invaded by the communist one. The US had lost the war.

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The cold war was a fight between the United States and the USSR over the world's resources. South Vietnam was an allie of the US and North Vietnam was an allie of the USSR. The US feared if North Vietnam won the war other countries in South Asia would also fall to Communism. North Vietnam won the war.

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The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 Constructed by the German Democratic Republic from East Germany. It
was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept East Germans from fleeing to the West.

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Was a 13-day (October 15–28, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American missiles deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. Along with being televised worldwide, it was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.They finally signed a treaty to retreat their missiles from enemy´s territory.

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As Communism began to fail in Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia in 1988 and 1989, communism would end if its most importat symbol was destroyed, so The Berlin Wall fell and East Germaners fleet to the West.

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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formally dissolved on 26 December 1991 by declaration of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. This declaration acknowledged the independence of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union following the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.