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In 1948, the Soviet union had a chokehold on eat germany, the Berlin airlift was an operation carried out by the USA and Great Britain to supply the people of east Germany with supplies without starting an armed conflict with the USSR.

Containment method - Military aid

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The Korean War was conflict that took place in 1949 and lasted till 1953. North Korea was supported by the Communists, and South Korea was supported by the USA. Once fighting broke out, both sides pushed each other back and forth. The war ended in 1953 in a stalemate with the threat of WW3

Containment method - Proxy wars

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The use of the first hydrogen bomb in 1952 was a nuclear fission/fusion experiment on behalf of the USA.

Containment method - Building up defenses

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The Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 was a failed operation by the USA to overthrow the Cuban government.

Containment method - Boycotts and Economic sanctions

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In response to the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Soviet Union sent missiles to Cuba. These missiles were aimed at the USA. In response the USA formed a naval blockade around Cuba. This tense 13 day standoff brought the threat of nuclear war. It ended once the agreement was made for the USA to not try to invade and the USSR would remove their missiles

Containment method - Negotiations

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In 1966, USA sent 400,000 troops into Vietnam because of the fear of communism spreading into southeast Asia.

Containment method - Military aid/Proxy war

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In 1973, a protest overthrew the government in Chile. The coup was fueled by domestic unrest, political tensions, and international factors, including the U.S. government's support for the military.

Containment method - Clandestine operations

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In the early 1970s Nixon proposed a shift from the cold War to work towards a cooperative relationship with the soviets.

Containment method - Negotiations

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In 1979, the USSR invaded Afghanistan in support of a communist government in Afghanistan, which was facing an insurgency from rebel groups. he invasion was intended to stabilize the Afghan government.

Containment method - Proxy wars

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Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), proposed U.S. strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attacks.

containment method - building up defenses