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The United Nations was established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security.
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The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy to stop Soviet imperialism during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947.
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On April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
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The Berlin Airlift was a airdrop of food and vital supplys for the people of berlin that was controlled by the allies. The other part of Berlin was controlled by the soviets. In a attempt to get the allies out of the city they cut of all supplys of from the allie partion of the city. To keep the city alive the allies sent airdrops into the city to keep it alive.
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NATO stands for North Atlantic Free Trade Organization. This was an alliance formed between the North American countries, (Canada, USA, and Mexico) and some countries in Europe. In total 28 countries complete the Organization.
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the war, begun on June 25, 1950, between North Korea, aided by Communist China, and South Korea, aided by the United States and other United Nations members forming a United Nations armed force: truce signed July 27, 1953.
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This was the nuclear power competition between the Unites States and the Soviet Union.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are both executed
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The warsaw pact was between soviet controlled countrys. It was a pact that there would be no fighting between them. It consisted of U. S. S. R., Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Rumania.
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A serious of artificial sattelites created by the Soviet Union. They were the first to be placed into orbit.
