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President Truman makes this doctrine because it is important to secure the democracies of foreign nations. This speech marked the beginning of the Cold War
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United Nations General Assembly calls for elections in Korea.
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United Nations adopts a plan for the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab zones.
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The Marshall Plan was an initiative to aid Western Europe. They gave over $12 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western Europe after WWll.
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The Soviet Union blockades road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West.
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Chinese communist forces capture Manchuria.
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North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) is founded to provide opposition to the Soviet Union.
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Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) comes into being.
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Monarchists defeat communists in Civil War in Greece.
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China and the Soviet Union sign a 30-year treaty of friendship.
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North Korean forces invade South Korea.
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Chinese troops enter North Korea and United Nations troops begin to retreat.
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General Douglas MacArthur advocates the use of atom bombs in Korean War.
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Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg found guilty of passing atomic secrets to Soviets.
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David Ben-Gurion forms a coalition government in Israel.
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Winston Churchill announces that Britain has an atom bomb.
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Fulgencio Batista overthrows the Cuban government of President Prio Socarras.
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Rudolf Slansky is executed in Czechoslovakia for Titoism.
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The Soviet Union severs diplomatic relations with Israel after bombing of embassy in Tel Aviv.
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Joseph Stalin dies.
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Soviet troops crush workers rebellion in East Germany.
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France agrees to leave North Vietnam.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser warns Britain that its troops must leave Egypt on 6th December
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France sends 20,000 troops to Algeria.
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in South Vietnam between supporters of Ngo Dinh Diem and Bo Dai.
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China agrees to provide North Vietnam with economic aid.
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between West Germany and the Soviet Union.
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74 people are killed during political protests in Poland.
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British and French planes bomb Egyptian airfields.
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The Soviet Union threatens to intervene in the war over the Suez Canal.
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Anthony Eden resigns as prime minister of Britain as a result of the Suez Crisis.
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The Soviet Union appeals to the United States and Britain to cease nuclear testing.
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General Francisco Franco announces that the monarchy will be restored on his death.
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Imre Nagy, former prime minister of Hungary, is executed after a secret trial.
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Nikita Khrushchev meets Mao Zedong in China and call for an end of all nuclear testing.
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The Soviet Union demands that all foreign troops should be withdrawn from Berlin.
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Fidel Castro and his victorious troops enter Havana.
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Member states vote again against the admission of China to the United Nations.
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The United Nations decide not to intervene in the independence struggle in Algeria.
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United States ends all aid to Cuba.
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East Germany imposes blockade of West Berlin.
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The Soviet Communist Party condemn the teachings of Mao Zedong in China.
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Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
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United States promises to support South Vietnam against communist aggression.
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The United Nations rejects a proposal by the Soviet Union to admit China.
