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    The document provides a timeline of major events from 1945 to 1991 that were significant during the Cold War era, including the establishment of the Iron Curtain in 1946, the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan in 1947, Stalin's death and the end of the Korean War in 1953, Khruschev's secret speech in 1956 criticizing Stalin, the launch of Sputnik in 1957, the Bay of Pigs invasion and construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, Vietnamization policy and the first Strategic Arms Limitation Talks in 1969, the Vietnam War agreement in 1973, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, Gorbachev becoming Soviet leader in 1985 and subsequent arms control agreements

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    The document provides a timeline of major events from 1945 to 1991 that were significant during the Cold War era, including the establishment of the Iron Curtain in 1946, the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan in 1947, Stalin's death and the end of the Korean War in 1953, Khruschev's secret speech in 1956 criticizing Stalin, the launch of Sputnik in 1957, the Bay of Pigs invasion and construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, Vietnamization policy and the first Strategic Arms Limitation Talks in 1969, the Vietnam War agreement in 1973, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, Gorbachev becoming Soviet leader in 1985 and subsequent arms control agreements

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    Cold War Timeline

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    The document provides a timeline of major events from 1945 to 1991 that were significant during the Cold War era, including the establishment of the Iron Curtain in 1946, the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan in 1947, Stalin's death and the end of the Korean War in 1953, Khruschev's secret speech in 1956 criticizing Stalin, the launch of Sputnik in 1957, the Bay of Pigs invasion and construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, Vietnamization policy and the first Strategic Arms Limitation Talks in 1969, the Vietnam War agreement in 1973, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, Gorbachev becoming Soviet leader in 1985 and subsequent arms control agreements

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    Timeline of significant Cold War Events

    Year Event
    1945 Yalta
    1946 Iron Curtain
    1947 Truman Doctrine;
    Marshall Plan
    1948 Berlin Airlift
    1949 China
    1950 Korean War
    1951 Rosenberg Spy Case
    1952 Hydrogen bomb
    1953 Stalin dies;
    Korean War ends
    1954 Guatemalan coup;
    Dien Bien Phu
    1955 Massive Retaliation
    1956 Khruschev’s speech
    1957 Sputnik
    1959 Castro comes to power in Cuba
    1960 The U-2 Affair
    1961 Bay of Pigs;
    Berlin Wall
    1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
    1963 Hot line
    1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    1967 Six Day War
    1968 Tet Offensive
    1969 Vietnamization;
    SALT
    1973 Vietnam War agreement
    1975 Cambodia
    1979 Afghanistan
    1980 Solidarity
    1983 Star Wars
    1985 Gorbachev becomes USSR leader
    1987 INF
    1989 Berlin Wall falls
    1990 German unification
    1991 The fall of the Soviet Union

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