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Communist party declared illegal in West Germany
Both the United States and the Soviet Union tried to tighten their control over their 'satellites' within their own spheres of influence. -
Communist ministers were dismissed from the coalition governments in Italy and France
Because of the communist party becoming illegal, the communist ministers were no longer allowed to serve. -
Ference Nagy, (the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary) was forced to flee for his life.
Stalin, also intervened in the domestic politics of the Eastern European countries. -
Soviet Union established the communist information burea
The burea was created to spread communit propaganda to all European countries and co-ordinate the activities of the member communist parties in their struggle against Anglo-American imperialism. -
Soviet Union desired to kill the Czech's desire for independence
Stalin ordered the Czech communists to arrest the leading figures of the democratic parties. -
U.S government intervened the Italian election
The American diplomats urged the Italian voters to support the Christion Dimplomatic party and threatened that if the communist party won the election, America would stop its' financial aid to Italy. -
The People's republic, under Mao Zedong, was proclaimed to China
Overnight, the Communist influence seemed to have extended into the very heart of Asia and onto the door step of Japan. -
North Korean troops began to invade South Korea
They try to unify Korea and set up a communist regime for the whole nation. (Picture is of North Korean troops) -
An armistice was arranged, and it was agreed that Korea remained diveded among its' 38th parallel.
The war ended in a virtual stalemate at the 38th parallel. -
When the most critical phase of the Cold War was over
Both Russia and the U.S had organized the satellites into opposing alliances.
