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Korean War
By 1949, both the United States and the Soviet Union had taken outmost of their soldiers from Korea. The Soviets said that the United States would not defend South Korea. So they supplied North Korea with tanks, airplanes, and money in an attempt to take over the peninsula. After the war the countires remained divided. -
Mao Zedong takes control of China
Mao Zedong and Jiang Jieshi In 1949, China's major cities fell to the Red forces. Mao's troops were well trained in guerrilla
warfare. But they were alsounsure about his promised return of land to the peasants. The remnants of Jiang's army fled south. Mao then gained control. China split into two nations causing conflict and effecting the col war -
Vietnam War
This war was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, The war was fought between the North Vietnam (communist) , supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese army in April 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War. North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year. -
Soviets Invasion of Hunngary
A Budapest student rally from the Soviet Union sparked mass demonstrations. The police attacked, and the demonstrators fought back, then there was the return of Imre Nagy to power. November 1 Nagy announced Hungary's decision to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact and to declare Hungary neutral. -
• Fidel Castro Takes Over Cuba
In this time U.S. support and maintained Cuba's unpopular dictator. His name was Fulgencio Batista. Cuban anger led to a popular revolution, which overthrew Batista in January 1959. Fidel Castro led that revolution. He then tried to become dictator but failed and was imprisoned. When gettin out the people took his side and he has been dictator over 30 years -
the Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by United States-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Increasing friction between the U.S. government and Castro's leftist regime led President Dwight D. Eisenhower to break off diplomatic relations with Cuba in January 1961. After the event even though we failed, Cuba feared we would attack again -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a conflict between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States during the Cold War. In September 1962, the Cuban and Soviet governments began to surreptitiously build bases in Cuba, numbered the amount of missils someone could have and no nuclear missiles . On October 14, a United States U-2 photoreconnaissance plane captured photographic proof of Soviet missile bases under construction. The US then built up our missiles. The war ended whne all agreed not to fire. -
iran Revoltuion
After returning to power the shah launched an effort to modernize Iran economically and socially. He wanted to balance his increase in power with reforms that would win more favor from common people. Landlords and some others were outspokenly opposed to these reforms. Ayatollah Khomeini issued a relgious edict against his reforms. The government responded with a ridicule. The people did not take shahs ideas so he attcked his country starting with Qom. -
The Soviet Invasionof Czechoslovakia
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Nixon visits China
Nixon became the first American president after World War II to visit Communist China. The visit made sense in a world in which three super powers eyed each other suspiciously. Nixon wanted them to sit now with the Russians and come together. -
SALT Treaty
Nixon and Brezhnev signed the SALT I Treaty. This five-year agreement limited to 1972 levels the number of intercontinental ballistic and submarine-launched missiles each country could have. This was after the Cold War and was significant because Nixon was the first person to go to the Soviet Union since the Cold War -
Civil War in Nicaragua
We had supported the unpopular Batista in Cuba, it had funded the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza. In 1979, Communist Sandinista rebels toppled the dictatorship of Somoza's son. America provided aid to to the Sandinista -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet War in Afghanistan was a ten-year conflict involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist government. The Soviet deployment of their Army in Afghanistan began on December 24, 1979 under Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. The results of the war lead to a Soviet withdraw and the Afghanistan civil war continuing -
Iraq-Iran War
The war strained Iraq political and social life, and led to severe economic dislocations. The Iran-Iraq War included religious schisms, border disputes, and political differences. Conflicts leading to the outbreak of hostilities ranged from centuries-old religious and ethnic disputes, to a personal hatred between Saddam Hussein and Ayatollah Khomeini. Above all, Iraq launched the war in an effort to take its rising power and take over Iran. -
Soviet Union Falls
The Soviet Union's falling into independent nations began early in 1985. After years of Soviet military buildup at the expense of domestic development, economic growth was at a standstill. Failed attempts at reform, a bad economy, and wars led to the fall of the empire -
Mikhail Gorbachev takes control of USSR
the USSR and the US disagreed about the configuration of the post-Post warThereafter, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev took over the USSR and introduced his new way of government -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
On August 23, 1989, Hungary removed its physical border defences with Austria, and in September more than 13,000 East German tourists in Hungary escaped to Austria. These East Germans flooded the West German embassy and refused to return to East Germany. The East German government responded by disallowing any further travel to Hungary, East Germans Protest they decided on November 9, to allow refugees to exit directly through crossing points between East Germany and West German