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Chinese Civil War
Between the republic of china and the Communist party of china. Both parties claimed to be the official government of China. As a result of this China becomes communist. -
Berlin Blockade
The soviet union blocked our allies railway and other accsess sectors to berlin. It was an attempt to limit the abllity of France, Great Britain and The United States. -
Berlin Aircraft
Our allies, and the Soviet Union divided Germany. These two parts were divided between Communism and Capitalism. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in which 12 nations came together all in hopes to stop the spread of communism and The Soviet Union. Founded by France, denmark, Canada etc. -
National Security Council Report NSC-68
This was a secret policy during the Cold war. It was claimed to be the most significant policy during the war. This was during President Harry S. Truman's presidency. -
Korean War
This war began when North Korea invaded South Korea. Fought between the UN supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic North Korea. -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
He was fired because most of the time he would go against was Truman said and try to fight with hostility instead of Secrecy. Truman went along with his plans even though he was fearful. -
Warsaw Pact
This was a treaty that supported Communist nations and was used as a defense mechanism. Some members were: Bulgaria Czechoslovakia East Germany Hungary Poland Romania and Soviet Union. -
Launching of Sputnik
This was the first atrificial satellite and was used to spy on the enemy. Although it was only the size of a beach ball it was very handy. It took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its path. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba.
