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A civil war fought from 1927 to 1950 because of a difference in thinking between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT),
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The Cold War is a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular.
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Was one of the first Cold War crisis. The Soviet Union blocked the Western allies' railway, road and canal access of the Berlin under allied control.
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Planes took off from bases in England and western Germany and landed in West Berlin. It was a task to provide food, clothing, water, medicine, and other necessities of life for the over 2 million fearful citizens of the city.
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An organization formed in Washington, D.C. comprising of the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
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Also known as the NSC-68, the National Security Council Report was a 58 page top secret report issued by the National Security Council.
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A war between South Korea and North Korea. the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II.
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President Truman fired MacArthur and replaced him with Gen. Matthew Ridgeway.
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The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance.
