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Postwar occupation and division of Germany
surrender of germen armed forces was signed and ended the world war foe germeny -
Formation of the Eastern bloc
the formation of the eastern bloc was a unified force led by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to fight against nazi germeny -
Greek Civil War
Greek communists unsuccessfully tried to gain control of Greece -
Enactment of Marshall Plan
was a american favor to help western europe recover with over 13 billion$ in econmic recovery programs -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
airlift keep life going in berlin for 11 months till the soviet union lifted the blockade -
Chinese Communist Revolution
Party appealed to anti-imperialism as well militarily the revolution culminated with the Chinese Civil War as the People's Liberation Army decisively defeated the Republic of China Army ending over two decades of intermittent warfare -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea following fights along the border and rebellions in south korea north korea was aided by china and the soviet union. south korea was supported by the united nations pracitcaly the united states -
Cuban Revolution
armed uprises in cuba over threw the gov was a long battle. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
invasion of Cuba at the Bahía de Cochinos invasion was financed and directed by the U.S. government.the United States cut off sugar purchases from Cuba and soon thereafter placed an embargo on all exports to Cuba except food and medicine. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
was a 35-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. the Cuban Missile Crisis remains a moment in US national security and nuclear war preparation.often considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war -
Vietnam war
The Vietnam War serperated communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States. was a blood bath war over manny years -
Soviet War in Afghanistan
Soviet Union invades Afghanistan, under the pretext of upholding the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty of 1978.Soviets organized a massive military airlift into Kabul, involving an estimated 280 transport aircraft and three divisions of almost 8,500 men -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square Beijing. what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre troops armed with assault rifles and accompanied by tanks fired at the demonstrators and those trying to block the military's advance into Tiananmen Square. -
Building of the Berlin War
the berlin wall was a concrete barrier that physically and mentally divided berlin from 1961 to 1989 as well as separating west berlin from east german territory the wall was built by the German Democratic Republic -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
five days after half a million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest the Berlin Wall dividing communist East Germany from West Germany crumbled. they had tried to calm mounting protests by loosening the borders, making travel easier for East Germans -
Fall of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state -
9/11 Attacks
series of four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the militant Islamic extremist network al-Qaeda against the United States
