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The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after World War II by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among countries, promoting social progress, improving living standards and human rights.
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The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy that committed the United States to "support democracies against authoritarian threats."
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President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948, which came to be known as the Marshall Plan, which proposed U.S. economic assistance in 1947 to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
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Created by the United States, Canada, and several Western European countries to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
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North Korea's goal was to militarily conquer South Korea and thereby unify North Korea under the communist regime of North Korea.
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The Socialist Unity Party began sealing the borders around West Berlin, first with barbed wire and a few days later with walls. It hopes the measure will end mass exodus to Berlin and stabilize its power and prove its sovereignty to the outside world.
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The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to consolidate the newly minted communist regime and suppress the Mujahideen insurgency against the government.
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The fall of the Berlin Wall was the first step towards the unification of Germany.