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	== Berlin Airlift ==		== Berlin Airlift ==
	The Berlin Airlift was an organized humanitarian aid effort to supply the people of Berlin with food and medical supplies since they were cut-off behind the Berlin Wall from the West. It was successful and eventually people were allowed to travel from Berlin to the West.		The Berlin Airlift was an organized humanitarian aid effort to supply the people of Berlin with food and medical supplies since they were cut-off behind the Berlin Wall from the West. It was successful and eventually people were allowed to travel from Berlin to the West.

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	The Cold War was a time after WW2 when the United States of America and the Soviet Union were rivals for world influence based upon ideology with the USSR based on Communism and Totalitarianism whereas the U.S. was based upon democracy and capitalism.		The Cold War was a time after WW2 when the United States of America and the Soviet Union were rivals for world influence based upon ideology with the USSR based on Communism and Totalitarianism whereas the U.S. was based upon democracy and capitalism.

	== Iron Curtain ==		== Iron Curtain ==
	A metaphorical wall between the Soviet controlled countries and the Western democracies which was strictly controlled by the USSR and the Warsaw Pact countries.		A metaphorical wall described by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill between the Soviet controlled countries and the Western democracies which was strictly controlled by the USSR and the Warsaw Pact countries.

	== Sputnik ==		== Sputnik ==

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	==perestroika==		==perestroika==
	A policy of "Restructuring" designed by Mikhail Gorbachev leader of the Soviet Union to modernize the USSR politically, and economically as a result of domestic and foreign pressures especially from U.S. President Ronald Reagan, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II.		A policy of "Restructuring" designed by Mikhail Gorbachev leader of the Soviet Union to modernize the USSR politically, and economically as a result of domestic and foreign pressures especially from U.S. President Ronald Reagan, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II.

			== Cold War ==
			The Cold War was a time after WW2 when the United States of America and the Soviet Union were rivals for world influence based upon ideology with the USSR based on Communism and Totalitarianism whereas the U.S. was based upon democracy and capitalism.

			== Iron Curtain ==
			A metaphorical wall between the Soviet controlled countries and the Western democracies which was strictly controlled by the USSR and the Warsaw Pact countries.

			== Sputnik ==
			The first satellite to orbit the earth was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. This started the Space Race.

			== Apollo 11 ==
			The name given to the mission to land a man on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed and walked on the moon with Armstrong being the first, Michael Collins remained orbiting the Moon waiting for Armstrong and Aldrin to return. The Moon landing occurred on July 20th, 1969. No other country has ever landed a person on the Moon.

			== Berlin Airlift ==
			The Berlin Airlift was an organized humanitarian aid effort to supply the people of Berlin with food and medical supplies since they were cut-off behind the Berlin Wall from the West. It was successful and eventually people were allowed to travel from Berlin to the West.

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	==glasnost==		==glasnost==
			A policy of "Openness" designed by Mikhail Gorbachev leader of the Soviet Union to modernize the USSR politically, and socially as a result of domestic and foreign pressures especially from U.S. President Ronald Reagan, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II.

	==perestroika==		==perestroika==
			A policy of "Restructuring" designed by Mikhail Gorbachev leader of the Soviet Union to modernize the USSR politically, and economically as a result of domestic and foreign pressures especially from U.S. President Ronald Reagan, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II.

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	==Berlin Wall==		==Berlin Wall==
			The Berlin Wall was built to encircle West Berlin and keep East Berlin (Communist) citizens from escaping to the west and freedom.

	==Cuban Missile Crisis==		==Cuban Missile Crisis==
			A nuclear confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for 13-days between the United States and the Soviet Union. It began because of American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey that were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in Cuba. The crisis lasted from October 16 to October 29, 1962. The confrontation is widely considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into full-scale nuclear war.

	==SALT==		==SALT==
			The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty was an agreement between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States to limit the amount and type of nuclear weapons each side had. There were subsequent treaties between the two countries.

	==Western Bloc==		==Western Bloc==
			The Western Bloc was the name given to the forerunner countries of NATO shortly after WWII.

	==Eastern Bloc==		==Eastern Bloc==
			The Eastern Bloc was the name given to the forerunner countries of The Warsaw Pact shortly after WWII.

	==Space Race==		==Space Race==
			The Space Race was the competition between the USSR (Soviet Union) and the United States to launch a person into orbit around the earth, and then to land a person on the moon. The U.S. won the Space Race with Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin being the first humans to land and walk on he Moon on July 20th, 1969. No other country has ever landed people on the Moon.

	==espionage==		==espionage==
			Is when a country spies on another country.

	==Arms Race==		==Arms Race==
			The Arms Race was a competition between the USSR (Soviet Union) and the United States in which the building up of weapon technology including nuclear weapons continued until 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

	==Korean War==		==Korean War==
			The Korean was was a conflict (U.N. Police Action) fought by the South Koreans, with assistance from the United States, to prevent the North Koreans from complete control over the Korean peninsula as a communist nation. The war ended in a draw and a line called the 38th parallel separating the two Korea's to this day.

	==Vietnam War==		==Vietnam War==
			The Vietnam War was was a cobflict fought by the North Vietnamese, with assistance from China, against the French at first, and then the United States over Vietnam and communism vs. democracy. The U.S. would eventually withdraw all troops and people in 1975, and lose the war at home with public opinion strongly against the war.

	==ICBM==		==ICBM==
			Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile were weapons capable of reaching far distances (other continents) with nuclear warheads attached.

	==glasnost==		==glasnost==


	==perestroika==		==perestroika==

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	==Warsaw Pact==		==Warsaw Pact==
	~~Established 6 years after NATO, the~~ Warsaw Pact was formed as communist military alliance to maintain power over Eastern Europe.		The Warsaw Pact was formed as communist military alliance to maintain power over Eastern Europe, and protect Eastern Europe from Western Europe and democracy.

	==Berlin Wall==		==Berlin Wall==
	==Cuban Missile Crisis==		==Cuban Missile Crisis==

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	==proxy war==		==proxy war==
			A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for fighting each other directly.
			==communism==
			A political and economic system in which all power is directed by the ruling government. No individual freedoms, and no private ownership of property.

	~~==communism==~~
	==NATO==		==NATO==
			The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed to protect Western Europe from attack of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Soviet Bloc countries.

	==Warsaw Pact==		==Warsaw Pact==
			Established 6 years after NATO, the Warsaw Pact was formed as communist military alliance to maintain power over Eastern Europe.
	==Berlin Wall==		==Berlin Wall==
	==Cuban Missile Crisis==		==Cuban Missile Crisis==

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	This is actual warfare. All talks have failed and the armies are fighting.		This is actual warfare. All talks have failed and the armies are fighting.

	== warm war ==		== warm war ==
			This is where talks are still going on and there would always be a chance of a peaceful outcome but armies, navies etc. are being fully mobilized and war plans are being put into operation ready for the command to fight.

	==proxy war==		==proxy war==