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Countries part of Warsaw pact
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Warsaw pact:
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Countries part of NATO
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The first members of NATO were the U.S, Britain, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Luxenbourg, Portugal, Denmark, Norway and Iceland in April 1949 but has since expanded.
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Why did the Soviets cut off all access to berlin from british, french, and americans
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They divided germany into four zones and issued a common currency and combine their zones into one economic and political unit
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British airforces airlifted supplies round the clock to their sectors of berlin for 11 straight months
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Berlin airlift- considered first battle of cold war- showed soviet didnt intimidate them
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Because of the berlin airlift americans formed
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NATO which was a common defense force determined to prevent attacks by the soviet union
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The soviet union in response to NATO
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Forms warsaw pact- which was the Soviet and east european allies common defense
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Americans adopt a policy of
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Containment
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Truman doctrine
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Us commits itself to an interventionist foreign policy, dedicated to containment of communism, world was polarized into two armed camps, each led by a super power that provided economic and military aid to nations within its sphere of influence
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SEATO
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Asian counter part of NATO
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Dwight Eisenhower us president
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Accepted famous "domino theory" one country falls to communism they all fall
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This scared the americans into taking more definitive action to stop the spread of communism
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Chinese communist victory in 1949
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The best example of the success of the containment policy is the
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korean war
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If a satellite nation wanted to break free of soviet domination soviets sent troops to crush revolts the best examples of this policy is
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In Budapest hungary and praque spring as it came to be known in Czechoslovakia
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Vietname was another example of
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Containment
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What happened after u.s forces withdrew from vietnam?
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Communist north united all of vietnam
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