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Chinese civil war
The Chinese civil war started in 1945 and ended in 1949. The war started with communists and nationalists trying to restore China, this resulted in communists winning. -
Greek civil war
The war lasted from 1946 to 1949.Once Metaxas (there leader
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Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was from 1948 to 1949. It forced the Western Allied powers to abandon their post-World War II power in West Berlin. -
Korean War
The Korean war lasted from 1950 to 1953. The North Korean Communist army invaded non-Communist South Korea. Kim Il-sung's North Korean army, armed with Soviet tanks, took over South Korea, the United States went to South Korea. -
Vietnam War
Lasted from 1954 to 1975! France had claimed Vietnam as a colony, and the communist forces. In 1973 a “third” Vietnam war began between North and South Vietnam but the U.S didn't get too involved then. -
Cuba Missle crisis
This happened in 1962, The Cuban Missile Crisis was directing between United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. -
Cambodia Civil War
1967-1975, The Cambodian Civil War )was a military conflict that made the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and their allies the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. -
Chile military junta
1973,it happened after the democratic elected socialist government of Salvador Allende and was overthrown by a CIA-backed coup