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The war represented an ideological split between the Communist CPC, and the KMT's brand of Nationalism.
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Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control.
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In response, the Western Allies organised the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin.
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The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
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NSC-68 largely shaped U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War for the next 20 years, and involved a decision to increase the pressure of Containment against global Communist expansion a high priority.
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It was a war against the forces of international communism itself.
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On 11 April 1951, U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands after MacArthur made public statements which contradicted the administration's policies.
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Collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.
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It was the World's first artificial satellite, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. (Soviet Union.)
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13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba.
