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End of WWII
Japan Surrenders End of WWII -
Marshall Plan is Introduced
Plan dedicated to helping countries affected by Communism -
Korean War Begins
Korean War begins between communist north and democratic south -
Korean War Ends
In 1953, the war ceased with an armistice that restored the border between the Koreas near the 38th Parallel -
Cuba taken over by communist Fidel Castro
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Cuba allies itself with USSR
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Bay of Pigs
CIA tries to sneak attack Communist Cuba with old Cuban defects and fail -
A U-2 flying over western Cuba obtains photographs of missile sites
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Khrushchev letter to Kennedy
Kennedy receives a letter from Khrushchev in which Khrushchev states that there is a, "serious threat to peace and security of peoples." Robert Kennedy speaks with Ambassador Dobrynin -
Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba
