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Berlin Blockade - ANSWERSThe Russians' attempt to take over the capital city of Berlin
by blockading it from the Allies fails when the Allies airlift supplies into the city
Berlin Airlift - ANSWERSStalin tried to force western allies out of Berlin, blockaded
railroads, Western powers used around the clock air lift to supply the people, Soviets
lifted blockade, crisis deepened though, aka called Operation Vittles
Occupation of Germany by 4 victors - ANSWERSUS, Soviet union, Britain, and France
Formation of East and West Germany - ANSWERSBerlin Wall
Warsaw Pact - ANSWERSFew years later, E. European formed Communist pact,
including Soviets and the satellites
NATO - ANSWERSUS, Canada, ten other countries formed new military alliance that
pledged to help each other if the other was attacked
Truman Doctrine - ANSWERSPledge to oppose spread of communism and support free
people resisting this policy
Marshall Plan - ANSWERSUS offered massive aid package to assist European
countries rebuild, Soviet satellites were forced to refuse US aid
Brezhnev Doctrine - ANSWERSSoviet foreign policy directed toward keeping the East
European satellite countries in line. it was used to justify Soviet military intervention to
restore Soviet Communist authority over the satellites and to strengthen the Soviet's
grip over them
Cold War between which superpowers and their political beliefs - ANSWERSSoviet
Union (Communist ) vs United States (Democracy)
Detente - ANSWERSReduction in hostility between nuclear superpowers
Fall of the Soviet Union - ANSWERSThe Soviet Union fell when all of the 15 states that
were a part of it declared their independence from the Soviet Union and established
their own democratic governments.