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Truman Doctrine

1947

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Marshall Plan Proposed

1947

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Marshall Plan agreed by Congress

1948

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Berlin Blockade begins

1948

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Berlin Blockade ends

1949

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Teheran

1943

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Potsdam

1945

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Yalta

1945

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USA drop the atom bomb

1945

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Cominform established

1947

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Formation of NATO

1949

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Death of Stalin

1953

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Hungarian Uprising

1956

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Peaceful co-existence

1955

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Formation of Warsaw Pact

1955

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West Germany joins NATO

1955

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Formation of GDR and FRG

1949

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Comecon

1949

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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

1979

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Carter Doctrine

1980

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USA announces SDI

1983

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INF Treaty

1987

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Collapse of the Warsaw Pact

1991

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Fall of the Berlin Wall

1989

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Free elections in Poland

1989

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Gorbachev becomes leader of the USSR

1985

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Gorbachev resigns

1991

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Gang of 8 attempt to remove Gorbachev from power and replace him with a more hardline communist leader

1991

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Arms talks in Geneva (no agreements but the superpowers agree to keep on talking)

1985

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Arms talks in Reykjavik (no agreements but the superpowers agree to keep on talking)

1986

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Prague Spring

1968

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Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia

1968

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Brezhnev Doctrine

1968

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Hotline

1963

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Announcement of removal of missiles from Turkey & Italy

1963

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Limited Test Ban Treaty (or sometimes Partial Test Ban Treaty)

1963

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

1968

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Outer Space Treaty

1968

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SALT Talks begin

1969

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SALT I signed

1972

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SALT II Talks begin

1972

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USA refuse to ratify SALT II

1979

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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

1979

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Helsinki Agreements

1975

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Apollo-Suyuz astronauts meet in space

1975

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Carter criticises the USSR for failing to respect human rights

1977

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Prague Spring

1968

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Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia

1968

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Brezhnev Doctrine

1968

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Hotline

1963

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SALT Talks begin

1969

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SALT I signed

1972

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SALT II Talks begin

1972

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SALT II Talks begin

1974

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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

1979

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Helsinki Agreements

1975

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Bay of Pigs

1961

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Cuban Missile Crisis

1962

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Hotline

1963

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Hungarian Uprising

1956

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Building of Berlin Wall

1961

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Khrushchev's Secret Speech

1955

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Vienna Summit

1960

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Death of Stalin

1953

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Berlin Stand-Off

1961

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Kennedy visits Berlin

1963

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Camp David Summit

1959

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Berlin Ultimatum

1958

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Paris Summit

1960

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Downing of a U2 spy plane over USSR (Gary Powers)

1960

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Detente

1962-1979

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NATO missiles removed from Turkey and Italy

1963