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February 1945
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-Germany to be split into four zones
-Free elections for new governments held in countries previously occupied in East Europe
-UN to replace L of N
April 1945
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Bombs dropped on Japan
August 1945
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-New boundaries of Poland agreed
-Germany and Berlin divided between superpowers
-Legal trials at Nuremburg of Nazi leaders for war crimes
1946
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$400mn to suppress communism - example of Truman Doctrine
June 1948 - May 1949
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only way of obtaining supplies - 8000 tons of supplies a day
1959
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Castro begins guerrilla war and marches on Havana
1961
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CIA trained invasion of Cuba by Cuban rebels. USA promised air support but did not supply it - rebels heavily outnumbered and invasion led to Castro seeking soviet assistance
1961
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Military advisors sent to aid the south
1962
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Spy plane detects Soviet missiles in Cuba which could attack with little warning - set up a naval blockade and demanded Khrushchev withdraw missiles - after 13 days, he agreed and US promised not to invade Cuba and removed missiles in Turkey
1964
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SS Maddox fired on - gave an excuse for invasion
1965
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First troops arrive and operation Rolling Thunder commences - bombing - 500,000 men by 1967
1968
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Vietcong took over over 100 southern cities with the North Vietnamese - took over US embassy - US looked weak - Walter Cronkite lost faith
1969
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Public learn about massacre whilst marching on Washington
1973
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final troops withdrawn
1975
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