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Program of economic aid offered by the United States to European countries. Stalin rejected the plan.
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In revenge, Russia cut all road and rail links to Berlin. This led to Berlin not having access to food so the U.S. and the U.K. brought them food supply by airplane.
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The Korean War began after North Korea invaded South Korea. The war continued until July 1953.
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Joseph Stalin, ruler of the Soviet Union, died at the age of 47. His successor was Nikita Krushchev.
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The Berlin Wall was a concrete barrier. The wall physically and ideologically divided East and West Germany from 1961 to 1981
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Warsaw Pact forces entered Czechoslovakia in a bid to stop the reforms known as ‘Prague Spring’. When the leader of the program refused to put halt to it, he got arrested.
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Elected leader of the polish Government, Tadeusz Mazowiecki. This was the first eastern bloc to become a democracy.
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This Revolution is also known as the Gentle Revolution. It was a series of peaceful protests that led to the overthrow of a Communist government.
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Riots broke out which culminated in the overthrow and execution of the leader Ceauşescu and his wife.
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Years after the Berlin Wall was knocked down, East and West Germany were reunited and became one country again.
