THE COLD WAR IN EUROPE

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THE COLD WAR IN EUROPE

• BERLIN BLOCKADE (JUNE 15, 1948 MAY 12, 1949)
• FDR (MAY 23, 1949)
• GDR (OCTOBER 7, 1949)
• 31 US PILOTS KILLED
• SOVIET NUCLEAR BOMD (AUGUST 29, 1949)
• EAST BERLIN RIOTS (JUNE 16-17, 1953)

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THE COLD WAR IN EUROPE

• THE TWENTIETH CPSU CONGRESS (February 14-25,
  1956)
• CONCEPTS OF PEACEFUL COEXISTANCE AND PEACEFUL
  TRANSTION TO SOCIALISM
• KHRUSHCHEVS SECRET REPORT ON THE CULT OF
  PERSONALITY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (February 25,
  1956)
• TURMOIL IN POLAND (June October 1956)
• WLADYSLAW GOMULKA (1905-82)
• THE HUNGARIAN REVOLT (October November 1956)
• IMRE NAGY (1896-58)
• SOVIET INVASION OF HUNGARY (November 4, 1956)
• THE BERLIN WALL (August 13, 1961)

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THE COLD WAR IN EUROPE

• ALEXANDER DUBCEK (1921-92)
• SOCIALISM WITH A HUMAN FACE
• THE PRAGUE SPRING (MARCH 28 AUGUST 21, 1968)
• SOVIET INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA (AUGUST 21,
  1968)
• BREZHNEV DOCTRINE (SEPTEMBER 26, 1968)
• RIOTS IN POLAND (JULY 1980)
• SOLIDARITY (SEPTEMBER 17, 1980)
• MARTIAL LAW IN POLAND (DECEMBER 1981)
• ARMS RACE
• REAGANS STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (SDI) OR
  SPACE-BASED ANTIMISSILE-DEFENSE SYSTEM (March 23,
  1983)
• 1928 (60.5 PERCENT OF SOVIET OUTPUT WENT INTO
  CONSUMER GOODS)
• 1985 (25.2 PERCENT)