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Formation of the Eastern Bloc
the Eastern Bloc was a group of Eastern European countries that were aligned militarily, politically, economically, and culturally with the Soviet Union. They enforced Soviet domination of the lesser states of Central Europe and to mollify some states that had expressed interest in the Marshall Plan. The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc, the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the coalition of communist states. -
Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War took place from 1946 to 1949. The conflict, which erupted shortly after the end of World War II, consisted of a communist-dominated uprising against the established government of the Kingdom of Greece. The Greek Civil War erupted in December 1944, pulling British forces into combat in Athens. Over the next five years this devastating conflict would shatter Greece and transform Europe. -
Postwar Occupation and Division of Germany
after the Potsdam Conference, Germany was divided into four occupied zones. such as Great Britain in the northwest, France in the southwest, the United States in the south, and the Soviet Union in the east. Berlin, the capital city situated in Soviet territory, was also divided into four occupied zones. -
Enactment of Marshall Plan
President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall. This plan partly helps to provide economic aid to Europe. The American goals for the Marshall plan were to help rebuild the postwar British economy, help modernize the economy, and minimize trade barriers. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. The Western Allies responded with a massive airlift to come to West Berlin's aid. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
The Chinese Communist Revolution was a social and political revolution that culminated in the establishment of the People's Republic of China. After a string of military victories, Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the PRC. Chiang and his forces fled to Taiwan to regroup and plan for their efforts to retake the mainland. -
Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. the Northern Korean People's Army invaded South Korea in a coordinated general attack at several strategic points along the 38th parallel, the line dividing communist North Korea from the non-communist Republic. After three years of fighting, the war ended in a stalemate with the border between North and South Korea near where it had been at the war's beginning. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was a major conflict of the Cold War. The casualties of this long war, from both sides, were extensive and brutal due to guerilla warfare and the use of chemical weapons. -
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a military and political effort to overthrow the government of Cuba between 1953 and 1959. It began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état which placed Fulgencio Batista as head of state. This was a armed uprising in Cuba that overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba by the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front, consisting of Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution. They were shot down by the Cubans, and the invasion was crushed later that day. Some exiles escaped to the sea, while the rest were killed or rounded up and imprisoned by Castro's forces. Almost 1,200 members of Brigade 2506 surrendered, and more than 100 were killed. -
Building the Berlin Wall
The SED wanted to seal off the borders around West Berlin, first with barbed wire and a few days later with walls. It hoped this measure would put an end to the mass exodus to Berlin. It also wanted to stabilize its power and document its sovereignty to the outside world. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis, was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in Cuba. -
Rise of the Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestinian Liberation Organization was founded in 1964 with the purpose of liberating Palestine, achieving Palestinian self-determination, and securing the return of the refugees. It was conceived at an Arab League summit in Cairo and backed the use of armed struggle to achieve its goals. The Palestinian national movement gradually gained international recognition, largely thanks to the Palestine Liberation Organizatio under the leadership of Yasser Arafat. -
Overthrow of the Guatemalan Government
a group of military officers, led by General Augusto Pinochet, seized power in a coup, ending civilian rule. Armed forces put the country under military control. Little and unorganized civil resistance. The military launched another coup against the Allende government. At 9:10 a.m., Allende made his final broadcast from the presidential palace, announcing that he would not resign from the presidency and rallying his supporters with the cry, “Long live Chile! Long live the people! -
Soviet War in Afghanistan
The Soviet Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The war resulted in the deaths of approximately 3,000,000 Afghans. millions more fled from the country as refugees most externally displaced Afghans sought refuge in Pakistan and in Iran. -
Solidarity Movement in Poland
Solidarity was a broad anti-authoritarian social movement, using methods of civil resistance to advance the causes of workers' rights and social change. The Government attempted in the early 1980s to destroy the union through the imposition of martial law in Poland and the use of political repression. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The Tiananmen Square protests, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. The protesters began, based in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, were peacefully calling for political and economic reform. In response, the Chinese authorities responded with overwhelming force to repress the demonstrations. Military units were brought in and unarmed protesters and onlookers were killed a masse. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall was during the Peaceful Revolution, and marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded. People celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. Thirteen months later, on December 25, 1991, Gorbachev resigned and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics dissolved. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was dissolved by the Declaration of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev's decision to allow elections with a multi-party system and create a presidency for the Soviet Union began a slow process of democratization that eventually destabilized Communist control and contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union. -
9/11 Attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist suicide terror. That morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the East Coast to California. Two planes were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing both towers to collapse. A third plane was crashed into the Pentagon, just outside Washington, DC.