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A revolution all across Russia to overthrow the imperial government and replace it with a communist one.
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The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe in two separate areas from the end of WW2 to the end of the cold war.
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When the US, UK, and the USSR met to discuss postwar peace and counteracting the effects of the war.
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On August 6 and 9, the US dropped atomic bombs on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a last ditch effort to force unconditional surrender without a direct land invasion.
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A plan created by the USSR to provide aid to help rebuild countries in Eastern Europe that were under Soviet control.
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Hollywood was accused of having communist influences in the mid to late 40's. The House Un-American Activities Committee called up and tried many actors to confirm or deny this. 10 men refused to answer to the HUAC, and became known as the Hollywood 10.
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President Harry Truman Offered any country who was in risk of a communist takeover economic, political, and if necessary, military aid.
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When the U.S. gave over $12 billion in economic support to help rebuild western Europe after WW2. This helped prevent the spread of communism in western Europe.
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Alger Hiss, a government official, was a suspected soviet spy, and was convicted for perjury on accounts of espionage. He served a short sentence in prison and stuck to his claim of innocence until his death in 1996.
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Soviet troops cut off the entire city of Berlin, in a chance to starve out citizens and prevent Germany from becoming a strong independent country. America flew in planes over the blockade and brought in medical supplies, food, and other necessities so the citizens of Berlin could survive until the Soviets ended the blockade.
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the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created to have an alliance to take down and show power over the communist party.
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Through Soviet spy rings in the US's Manhattan Project, the USSR was able to build, and successfully test their first atomic weapon.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenburg, your average american citizens, were found and tried as Soviet spies. They were thought to have transmitted valuable information on the Manhattan Project to the Russians. They were sentenced to death in 1953.
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The war started when North Korea, backed by China and the Soviet Union, moved troops to the South. The US assisted the South and sent troops into Korea to fight off the communists. After the war, Korea was split into North and South at the 38th Parallel.
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Joseph McCarthy, already famous for his wild accusations of communist ties, was tried by the army for using improper influence to win preferential and better treatment for a staff member. This greatly decreased his influence and notoriety because the public saw his true intentions.
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The French were ambushed while in a low valley, not thinking that the Viet-Minh could carry their equipment up the treacherous mountains. They were swiftly defeated with waves artillery and small-arms fire.
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Soviet, Communist, and Free powers met in 1954 to discuss the aftermath of the Korean and indochina wars. They decided to split Korea into North and South at the 38th parallel.
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A Soviet Defense treaty made and intended to counteract NATO.
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This was a Nationwide revolt against the Communist Regime in Hungary that lasted a month. It started with thousands of protesters and turned violent.
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A US U2 Spyplane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing recon deep in soviet territory. the Soviets captured the pilot, who we recovered two years later in a prisoner exchange.
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The Bay of Pigs was a failed military invasion attempted by the CIA. They rounded up Cuban immigrants and exiles to take back their homeland and overthrow Fidel Castro. The operation was a fail.
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This was a barrier running through Berlin the Physically and ideologically divided the city. It was built by the soviets to demoralize and divide those living in the east from the rest of the world.
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In response to the US having missiles in turkey, and the bay of pigs invasion, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Joseph Stalin agreed to place Soviet missiles in Cuba. the US established a blockade and didnt let the missiles through to Cuba.
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The CIA and South Vietnam's general arrested and assassinated the President of south Vietnam in 1963 in order to end his autocratic and nepotistic family rule in South Vietnam.
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JFK, the 33rd president of the US, was sniped and murdered from a nearby in the streets in his motorcade in Dealey Plaza. This was a tremendous blow to the US,
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North Vietnamese Subs fired six torpedoes at the USS Maddox, which angered the US. President Johnson shortly after ordered bombing runs on North Vietnamese bases.
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Rolling Thunder was a US bombing run to reduce the moral of the North Koreans in Saigon without sending in ground troops. The goal was to destroy their transport system.
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The Viet Cong attacked the US and south Vietnamese bases on the Tet holiday, after agreeing to a cease fire.
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MLK was shot at in the morning while in a motel in Memphis. He was pronounced dead at 7:05.
