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Cold War
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In 1949 the united states, canada, and ten other countries formed this military alliance that if any of them got attacked they would help one another. -
Chinese Civil War
The chinese communists gained control of most of northern china. After japans defeat communists fough a civill war against nationalists, they battles went on until Mao won and set up the Peoples Repulbic of China. -
Korean Conflict
Korea divided into north and south korea after japans defeat in WW2, they divided along the 38th parallel of latitude. In south korea the economy grew back strongly and fast and in north korea it grew back slowly -
Warsaw Pact
The soviet union responded by forming its own military alliance , it included themselfs and 7 other satelites in eastern europe. -
Soviet Union Falls
Soviet communism was doomed, weakness from the power was showing since the beginning. Hungarians tried to break free from soviet control. they then sent tanks to take care of the soviet union -
Communist Cuba
Fidel Castro organized an armed rebellion against the dictator who then ruled Cuba and lead that rebellion to victory -
Berlin Wall
the city was split into democratic West Berlin and communist East Berlin, the wall was key focus to the tensions in the Cold War -
Missile Crisis
The soviet union sent missiles to cuba and then president kennedy responded by setting up a naval blockade that caused soviet shipments to stop. -
Vietnam Conflict
The struggle for vietnam became part of the Cold War. at that time they decided to split vietnam temporialy. Ho's communists ruled north vietnam and a noncommunist governtment lead the south, by Dinh Diem. -
Nuclear arms race
It began right after WW2. at first the united states was the only nuclear power but then soviet union started devleloping nuclear weapons. everyone said it would just destroy both sides but they didnt care they still made them -
Detente
It was basically the era of relaxation of tensions. the united states held the restain on the soviet union during diplomatic agreements instead of military means -
Soviets in Afghanistan
The soviet union became part of the war in afghanistan. Battling mujahedin or muslim religious warriors fought and they were difficult to fight.The american government started to smuggle weaponry into the mujahedin, in the vietnam war the struggle provoked a crisis is morale for the soviets. -
Eastern European Independence
The soviet union had control over eastern europpean satelites. when gorbachev got glasnot into there eastern europeans tried getting freedom for their country
