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Postwar occupation and division of Germany
It was the final unconditional surrender of the German armed forces. This was signed by Marshal Wilhelm in Berlin, ending Wolrd War 11 for Germany. At this time the country was flooded with with millions of refugees from the East. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
The Chinese communist revolution started in 1946, and was second part of the Chinese civil war. It was the climax of the Chinese Communist Party's drive to power after its founding in 1921. This was a period of slow growth the communists fell victim in 1927 to a purge by their chief political. -
Enactment of Marshall Plan
On this date president Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act 1948. It became known as the Marshall Plan. It was named after the Secretary of State George Marshall, who proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
It was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During this the multinational occupation and the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railway road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin. The soviets offered to drop the blockade, only if the Western Allies withdrew the Deutsche mark from Western Berlin. -
Greek Civil War
Τhe Greek Civil War was fought in Greece from 1946 to 1949. It is considered as the first proxy war of the Cold War. The fighting resulted in the defeat of the Communist insurgents by the government forces. -
Korean War
The war began on June 25 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. After the first two months of war, South Korean and U.S. forces rapidly dispatched to Korea were on the point of defeat, forced back to a small area in the south known as the Pusan Perimeter. In September 1950, an amphibious UN counter-offensive was launched at Incheon, and cut off many North Korean troops -
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary. It continued until the rebels finally stopped on 1 January 1959.The Cuban Revolution had powerful domestic and international repercussions -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict. It pitted the communist of North Vietnam and its southern allies against South Vietnam. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency. The invading force was defeated within three days by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, under the direct command of Castro. -
Building the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Its demolition officially began on 13 June 1990 and finished in 1992. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, fakir beds and other defenses. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, was a 13 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. It concerned American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. The confrontation is often considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. -
Soviet War in Afghanistan
The Soviet Afghanistan War lasted over nine years, from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups known collectively as the mujaheddin, as well as smaller Maoist groups, fought a guerrilla war against the Soviet Army. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from from 1961 to 1989. It was constructed by the German Democratic Republic. The barrier included guard towers that were placed along the large concrete walls. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on December 26, 1991. It officially granted self governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union. The eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union resigned declared his office extinct, and handed over its powers including control of the Soviet nuclear missile launching codes. -
Formation of the Eastern Bloc
This began in the closing months of World War 11 and the later half of the 1940's. This was a term made by NATO. It meant for the former communists states in Eastern and Central Europe to come together. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
This is commonly referred to the popular national movement inspired by the Beijing protests during that period. It is sometimes called the 89 Democracy Movement. The troops with automatic rifles and tanks killed at least several hundred demonstrators trying to block the military's advance towards Tienanmen Square.
