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Formation of the Eastern Bloc
its a group of communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. These countries are the countries of the Warsaw Pact. The Eastern Bloc was formed during WW2. to be a unified force led by the USSR initially to fight Nazi Germany. -
post war occupation and devision of germany
Germany got spit up amongst the victors. Poland got land as compensation. the remaining land was split up amongst the ussr, the US, the Italians, and the Brits. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
The Nationalists had an advantage in both troops and weapons, controlled a much larger territory and population, and had international support. The communists were well established in the north and northwest.the communists had suffered less severe losses. The Soviet Union, though distrustful, provided aid to the communists, and the United States assisted the Nationalists with hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of military supplies, as well as troops. Though the communists won. -
Greek civil war
was fought in Greece from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek government army—backed by the United Kingdom and the United States—and the Democratic Army of Greece the military branch of the Greek Communist Party , backed by Yugoslavia and Albania as well as by Bulgaria. The fighting resulted in the defeat of the Communist insurgents by the government forces -
Enactment of the marshall plan
aka the ERP it was an assistance program to help Europe and offer financial assistance to Europe costing $13 billion by America. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
international crisis that arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union to force the Western Allied powers to abandon their post-World War II jurisdictions in West Berlin. In March 1948 the Allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of Germany into a single section of berlin. going over the barricade the soviets put the allies dropped supplies from the sky. -
Korean War
was a war between North Korea with the support of China and the Soviet Union. South Korea with the principal support of the United States. On 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. China came to the aid of North Korea, and the Soviet Union also gave some assistance to the North. the result was a split between North and South Korea. -
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies against the authoritarian government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. The revolution began in July 1953, and continued until January 1959, replacing his government with a revolutionary socialist state. 26 July 1959 is celebrated in Cuba as the Day of the Revolution. Becoming the Communist Party in October 1965. Leaving Cuba communist, -
vietnam war
was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. The North Vietnamese army was supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies and the South Vietnamese army was supported by the United States, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The allies withdrew leaving Vietnam communist -
bay of pigs invaision
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. Brigade 2506 fronted the armed wing of the Democratic Revolutionary Front and intended to overthrow the increasingly communist government of Fidel Castro. Launched from Guatemala and Nicaragua, the invading force was defeated within three days by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, under the direct command of Castro. -
building of the berlin wall
During the Cold War, West Berlin was a geographical loophole through which thousands of East Germans fled to the democratic West. In response, the Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin. It was thrown up overnight, on 13 August, 1961. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
during the cold war tensions rose high and the USSR had missiles in Cuba giving little warning if they're launched. Through MAS the USA and USSR agreed to take their missiles out of Turkey and Cuba respectively -
Soviet war in afghanistan
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years, from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups known collectively as the mujahideen, as well as smaller Maoist groups, fought a guerrilla war against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan government, mostly in the rural countryside. The mujahideen groups were backed primarily by the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, making it a Cold War proxy war. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Chinese troops storm through Tiananmen Square in the center of Beijing, killing and arresting thousands of pro-democracy protesters. The brutal Chinese government assault on the protesters shocked the West and brought denunciations and sanctions from the United States. -
Fall of the berlin wall
people from East and West Germany tor down the berlin wall marking the thawing of the cold war. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on December 26, 1991. officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union. The declaration acknowledged the independence of the former Soviet republics and created the Commonwealth of Independent States. On 25 December 1991, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, resigned, declared his office extinct, and handed over its powers to Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
