Cold War (it was called this because the soviet union and US didn't ever declare war on eachother)
By DevinRVough
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formation on the eastern bloc
the soviet union created the eastern bloc by invading and annexing several countries. this was with an agreement of nazi germany. It worked well and they were able to conquer countries very easy. -
greek civil war
It was mainly fought against the Kingdom of Greece The Kingdom ended up winning in the end. -
Berlin blockade
an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of the United States they wanted us to abandon our jurisdictions so we wouldn't be as mobile. -
marshall plan
it was a U.S. program providing help to Western Europe after the mess of World War II. It was made in 1948 and provided more than 15 billion dollars to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent. -
postwar occupation and division of germany
Germany was split into many different occupation zones and divided, the soviet union with drew. -
Chinese communist revolution
the Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the making of the People's Republic of China. This made a Chinese civil war. -
korean war
North Korea attacked South Korea on June 25,1950, making the Korean War happen. it began when the North Korean Communist army passed the 38th Parallel and went into South Korea causing madness everywhere. -
overthrow of guatamalan goverment
the people of Guatemala made the dictatorship crumble. -
vietnam war
The Vietnam War was fought between communist North Vietnam, the Soviet Union and China, and South Vietnam, they were supported by the United States -
hungarian uprising
a national uprising that began 12 days before in Hungary it was viciously crushed by Soviet tanks and troops. -
cuban revolution
a very well armed uprising in Cuba that rose over the government of Fulgencio Batista and caused fights to breakout -
building the berlin wall
a barbed wire and concrete wall built by the german democratic republic. -
bay of pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was an invasion of Cuba by 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro it was funded by the US government. -
cuban missle crisis
a 13 day stand off between US and cuban military personal in order for us to remove there new missle stations -
prague spring
it was a period of political liberalization and mass protests in the Czechoslovak Socialist era. -
solidarity movement in poland
better workers rights and social movements -
tiananmen square massacre
a series of protests in china for pro democracy people, many troops came through and shot and killed many people. -
fall of berlin wall
the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party said on that night that people could now pass freely either way. -
soviet war in afganastan
insurgent groups fought a nine-year guerrilla war against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. -
fall of soviet union
the Soviet flag flew over the Kremlin in Moscow for the last time in december of 1991. A multi party system is what made the soviet union fall. -
9/11 attacks
a series of four accurate suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the militant Islamic extremist.