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A treaty was signed by Germany to end the war. Germany was split up between the Allied Powers.
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The Chinese Communist Revolution started from 1946, after the end of Second Sino-Japanese War, and was the second part of the Chinese Civil War. It was the culmination of the Chinese Communist Party's drive to power after its founding in 1921.
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Greek government attempted to become a communist republic, but was stopped by the other half who didn't want that. They were backed by the US and the UK. Considered first battle of cold war.
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An American initiative to aid western Europe's damages. The United States gave over $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II.
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USSR blocked off supplies coming into Berlin in response to the Deutsche mark from West Berlin. In response, multiple countries airlifted supplies to Berlin, which succeeded and the blockade was eventually lifted.
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The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. South Korea was backed by the US. and North was backed by the USSR.
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An armed revolt lead by Fidel Castro. Overthrew Cuban government and made Cuba a communist country.
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The Warsaw Bloc was a political and military alliance between multiple eastern Europe countries. These countries became communist countries and joined the USSR.
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A war fought between North and South Vietnam. Both were backed heavily by either the USSR or the USA. Longest US involvement in a war
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1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.It was undertaken by the CIA.
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Wall built between East and West Berlin to keep East Berliners from going into West Berlin. Eventually was knocked down.
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Closest we came to world annihilation. USSR built nuclear armed missiles in Cuba, but we eventually talked them down into dismantling them.
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Soviets tried to help Afghani government become a communist republic. Defeated by rebels. most rebels became what is known as Al Qaeda
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After several weeks of student-led demonstrations, Chinese troops entered Tiananmen Square on June 4 and fired on civilians. Estimates of the death toll range from several hundred to thousands.
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As the Cold War began to end across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced that, starting at midnight that day, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders.
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Soviet Union ranted self-governing independence to its republics, and eventually fell and became a new form of government due to economic problems in the USSR.
