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Truman Doctrine
A policy made by the president Harry S Truman, which promised aids to peoples and countries struggling to resist the threats to democratic freedom. Historians often consider it as the start of the Cold War, and the start of the containment policy to stop Soviet expansion. The U.S officially started to fight against the expansion of Communism all around the world. -
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Marshall Plan
A program approved in 1948, by which U.S gave more than $13 billion to help the nations of Europe after WWII. The U.S also used the Marshall Plan to help prevent the growth of Communist influence in the war-ravaged areas. This angered the Soviet Union and was seen as another anti-communist move by the USA, following the Truman Doctrine. The Marshall Plan caused the Cold War to become a reality in the lives of the people of the countries involved. -
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Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was a military operation by the United States and its allies to take food, fuel and other vital provisions into West Berlin due to the blockade of Berlin by the Soviet Union. The Berlin Airlift was important because it prevented West Berlin from falling into the control of the Soviet Union after World War II. The Berlin Airlift was a tremendous Cold War victory for the United States. These also made Stalin to call off the blockade. -
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Korean War
A conflict between North and South Korea; the U.S along with other U.N countries fought on the side of South Koreans, and North Korea supported by Communist China. It began when North Korea invaded South Korea. It was often been called America's "forgotten war although it was a major battle in the Cold War to extinguish Communism. On July 27 1953, an armistice was signed and fighting stopped. North and South Korea remained separate and occupied almost the same area they have on the beginning. -
Berlin Wall
A fortified wall made up of concrete and barbed wire, made to prevent East Germans escaping to West Berlin. It was one of the most visible signs of the cold war and the Iron Curtain. The Berlin Wall separated East and West Germany both physically and politically. The wall also didn't allow people to leave or come into East or West Germany. Families were separated and they were not able to see each other for a long time. It separated the people from freedom.
