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Formation of the Eastern Bloc
In 1949, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Romania founded the Comecon in accordance with Stalin's desire to enforce Soviet domination of the lesser states of Central Europe and to mollify some states that had expressed interest in the Marshall Plan. -
Greek Civil War
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. -
Postwar occupation and division of Germany
Germany was divided into four occupied zones. great Britain was in the northwest,France in the southwest, and then the united states in the south and the soviet union in the east.West Germany later than won the conflict. -
Enactment of Marshall Plan
On April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
During the entire airlift, the U.S. and U.K. delivered more than 2.3 million tons of food, fuel and supplies to West Berlin via more than 278,000 airdrops. American aircrews made more than 189,000 flights, totaling nearly 600,000 flying hours and exceeding 92 million miles. -
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. Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, met for a series of talks on the formation of a post-war government. Both agreed on the importance of democracy, a unified military, and equality for all Chinese political parties. -
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a military and political effort to overthrow the government of Cuba between 1953 and 1959. then later Fidel Castro went on to rule Cuba.. -
Overthrow of the Mossadegh government in Iran
The 1953 Iranian coup, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup was the U.S.- and British-instigated, Iranian army-led overthrow of the elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favor of strengthening the monarchical rule of the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953, -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam.the United States conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Hungarian Uprising
The Hungarian Revolution was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic 1949–1989 and the policies caused by the government's subordination to the Soviet. -
Building the Berlin Wall
East German soldiers laid down more than 30 miles of barbed wire barrier through the heart of Berlin. East Berlin citizens were forbidden to pass into West Berlin, and the number of checkpoints in which Westerners could cross the border was drastically reduced. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.Kennedy and Khrushchev struck a deal that ended the crisis the next day. -
Rise of the Palestine Liberation Organization
The Arab League established the PLO in 1964 in an effort to control Palestinian nationalism while appearing to champion their cause. Although it was supposed to represent the Palestinians, the PLO really represented the views of President Nasser of Egypt. -
The overthrow of the Allende government in Chili
On 11 September 1973, 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. -
Solidarity Movement in poland
In the 1980s, Solidarity was a broad anti-authoritarian social movement, using methods of civil resistance to advance the causes of workers' rights and social change. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The Chinese leadership imposed martial law in Beijing on May 20. The protests continued. On the night of June 3 and 4, the People's Liberation Army stormed the Square with tanks, crushing the protests with terrible human costs. Estimates of the numbers killed vary. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall was the first step towards German reunification. In 1989, political changes in Eastern Europe and civil unrest in Germany put pressure on the East German government to loosen some of its regulations on travel to West Germany. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
During the failed 1991 August coup, communist hardliners and military elites attempted to overthrow Gorbachev and stop the failing reforms. the turmoil led to the central government in Moscow losing influence, ultimately resulting in many republics proclaiming independence in the following days and months. -
9/11 Attacks
Nineteen terrorists from al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airplanes, deliberately crashing two of the planes into the upper floors of the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center complex and a third plane into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.