POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
BERLIN AIRLIFT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Blocked West Berlin again
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Developed their first nuclear bomb
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Invaded West Germany
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Invaded France
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Soviet effort was led by Igor Kurchatov at a secret site known as Arzamas-16. Early efforts were greatly aided by spies inside the Manhattan Project, most notably by Klaus Fuchs. After the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the program accelerated into high gear.
Detailed explanation-2: -Just weeks after the Soviets exploded their atomic bomb in August 1949, a Venona decryption of a 1944 message revealed that information describing important scientific processes related to construction of the A-bomb had been sent from the United Sates to Moscow.
Detailed explanation-3: -29 August 1949 | Soviet Union tests its first nuclear bomb.
Detailed explanation-4: -Years ahead of what Americans thought possible, the Soviets had exploded a nuclear device. Truman reacted by requesting an intensive re-evaluation of America’s Cold War policies by the National Security Council.