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Truman Doctrine By President Harry S. Truman; promised immediate aid to Greece, which was currently vulnerable to attacks by the USSR;
Tsar Bomba Soviet Project; Detonated 10/30/1961; Most powerful human-caused explosion ever recorded;
U-2 Incident 05/01/60; Francis Gary Powers was shut down in a U-2 over the USSR; U.S. tried to cover, saying that it was a weather plane crash; major embarrassment for the U.S.;
U.S. Invasion of Cambodia (1970) April; Nixon approves bombing and a land invasion of Cambodia;
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Venona Project Started in WW II, ended in 1980; Mass cryptography operation that exposed dozens of Soviet double agents, including the Cambridge Five and the Rosenbergs; Indirectly led to creation of Australian intelligence group (ASIO).
Vietnam War 1954-1975; Between the communists of North Vietnam with their allies, the Viet Cong, and the government of South Vietnam along with the U.S.
Vietnamization The plan for Americans to exit the Vietnam war and turn all power over to the South Vietnamese leaders
Warsaw Pact Founded 05/14/55; the Soviet-equivalent of NATO; formed in response to the NATO-membership and re-arming of West Germany
War Powers Act 1973; limits the presidents military power; adapted in response to Vietnam War; President must notify congress of troop deployment and receive permission to continue fighting for over 60 days;
Warsaw Uprising 08-010, 44; Polish citizens tried to defeat the occupying German force only to get captured by the advancing Soviet force; the city is razed, Poland is communist
Yalta Conference 2/4-2/11, 1945; Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt discussed the current state of WW2 and its probably aftermath;
Yom Kippur War 10/06/73-10/25/73; Egypt and Syria vs. Israel; Fought over territory lost during the third Arab-Israeli War;
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