Cold War Events

  • Formation of NATO

    Formation of NATO
    This was for mutal defense to both sides of the Cold war. It had 70% of its spending.
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  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    This was the first international crisis of the Cold War. The soviet union had blocked off the western allies railway, road, and canal access to the Berlin Sectors.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    Was pretty much apart of the Berlin Blockade.
  • National Security Council Report NSC-68

    National Security Council Report NSC-68
    58 page top secret policy paper holding signifigant statesments for the Cold War.
  • Chinese Civil War

    Chinese Civil War
    A civil war fought between forces to the loyal goverment and rupublican of china.
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    War between the Republic of Korea supported at the time by the United Nations.
  • President Truman fires General MacArthur

    President Truman fires General MacArthur
    He made public statements that contridicted the admistatives policies. He was a popular war hero.
  • Formation of the Warsaw Pact

    Formation of the Warsaw Pact
    Was a mutal defense treaty for eight communist states of Cenral and Eastern Eurpope.