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The occupying powers in both East and West Germany replaced their military governors with civilian leaders. -
A conflict between the communist-dominated resistance organization and allied anti-communist resistance forces. It later escalated into a major Civil War between the Greek state and the communists. Fighting resulted in the defeat of the DSE by the Hellenic Army. -
A group of revolutionaries in Southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China and ending the imperial system. -
President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948 which became known as the Marshall Plan. -
One of the first major international crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin. -
North Korea invaded South Korea, clashing along the border and rebellions in South Korea. -
An armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro and its allies against the military dictatorship of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. -
The overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in favor of strengthening the monarchical rule of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. -
A covert operation carried out by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency that deposed the elected Guatemalan President. -
The former Communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe. -
A conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. -
A countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and the Hungarian domestic policies imposed by the USSR. -
an abortive invasion of Cuba by 1,500 Cuban exiles that were opposed to Fidel Castro. The invasion was financed by the U.S. government. -
Communist government of the German Democratic Republic built a wall out of barbed wire and concrete between East and West Berlin. -
A major confrontation between USA and USSR. It was the closest the world has come to a nuclear war between the two. -
A conflict where insurgent groups known as the Mujahedeen and the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist groups, fought a nine-year guerrilla war against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the Soviet Army -
Student- led protests took place in China for free speech and democracy. Troops opened fire at them with weapons and tanks. -
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. -
The process of internal disintegration within the Soviet Union that resulted in the end of the country's power. -
Islamic terrorists highjacked US planes. They flew them into the twin towers in NYC and the pentagon. The twin towers collapsed and thousands died.