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The Yalta Conference, attended by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, was held to discuss post-World War II reorganization. It sowed the seeds of Cold War tensions by exposing ideological divides between the Allies.

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President Harry S. Truman's announcement marked a shift in U.S. foreign policy with a commitment to contain communism. It is considered the beginning of the U.S. policy of containment during the Cold War.

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In one of the first major crises of the Cold War, the Soviet Union blocked Allied access to West Berlin. In response, Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift to supply West Berliners with essentials via air.

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed as a military alliance to counter Soviet influence and ensure collective security for Western nations.

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The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit. This event sparked the Space Race, an important Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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The East German government, backed by the Soviet Union, built the Berlin Wall to prevent Eastern Europeans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of Cold War division.

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A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. It brought the world to the brink of nuclear war before peace was negotiated.

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The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) was signed by the U.S. and Soviet Union as the first effort to curtail the arms race during the Cold War.

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The Berlin Wall fell, symbolizing the collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe and marking the beginning of the end for the Cold War.

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The Soviet Union officially dissolved into 15 independent republics, signaling the definitive end of the Cold War and the bi-polar world order.