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Through the spread of communism and the impact of The Soviet Union the USSR created buffer states between themselves and Western Europe. These states were between Poland/Germany and the USSR. These states were not communist before the war.
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The United States dropped two nukes on Japan in 1945. The first of which was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, which killed 90,000 people and had lasting effects from the radiation for years to follow.
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Nagasaki was the cite of the second nuke that the US dropped on Japan. The second nuke was responsible for 80,000 deaths
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The Truman Doctrine arose from a speech given on March 12, 1947. It was a declaration to send aid to all democratic nations threatened by authoritarian forces.
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In May of 1947, two months after Truman’s request $400 million was approved for economic and military aid for Greece and Turkey. Increased American aid helped defeat the communist party of Greece (KKE).
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Turkey was granted aid from the United States. Along with Greece the $400 million that was approved by Congress was spread around Turkey through military and economic supports
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The Molotov Plan was a plan to help rebuild Eastern European countries that were aligned politically and economically with the Soviet Union. This included Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, etc.
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The Marshall Plan was essentially the same thing as the Molotov Plan except it sent $12 billion in economic assistance to the Western European countries.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed as a miltary alliance between 29 North American and European countries including: Canada, USA, France, UK, Norway, Belgium and other Western European countries.
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The Berlin Airlift was an operation to airlift food, water, and supplies to West Berlin which had its roads and railways cut off by the Soviets. It was seen to be a pivotal point in the Cold War. It lasted until May 12, 1949 when the USSR lifted the blockade.
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On August 29, 1949 the USSR successfully exploded it’s own atomic bomb. This basically levelled the playing field and took away the advantage that the Americans had on the soviets.
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Beginning on June 25, 1950 the Korean War was fought between North and South Korea. The war broke out after North Korea invaded South Korea after some clashes on the border. The war officially ended on July 27, 1953. Korea separated into two sovereign states.
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The coup in Iran was the overthrowing of the prime minister through some sneakery by the US & UK. The prime minister displayed some controversial actions which were seen as something that the allies didn’t want; so they overthrew his government
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Yet again the USA intervened and overthrew a leader of another country. This time the leader of Guatemala should’ve seen it coming when he legalized the communist party in 1954
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The Warsaw Pact was a pact of friendship between the Soviet Union and other soviet satellite states including Poland, Hungary, Romania and many others. It was formed as a counter to NATO.
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The Egyptian president nationalized the Sues Canal meaning that French and Britishgoods couldn’t be transported through it. This cause major ramifications as well as troops completely pulling out a short while later.
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The rebellion in Hungary was a revolution to try and overthrow the communist party of Hungary. This revolution was a nationwide effort but ended up with the rebels getting crushed by the soviets. The rebellion lasted from Oct 23, 1956 – Nov 10, 1956
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the US and USSR with deployment of soviet nukes in Cuba and American nukes in Italy. A 12 day stare down from October 16-28, 1962.
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As it sounds, troops went to Vietnam. The first troops arrived March 8, 1965. 3500 marines landed that day and just 3 months later 80,000 troops occupied Vietnam.
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A day remembered all around the world. A day uniting those of not only Berlin but all of Germany. On November 9, 1989 citizens were allowed to cross the border and in November of 1991 the wall was physically destroyed.
