Cold War World History

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    The people involved were the Soviet union, and Germany. The Berlin blockade was on of the major international war crisis of the cold war . Germany and the soviet union blocked rail road,and canal access.It happened in Berlin and west Berlin. The main cause of the Berlin blockade was that Stalin was taking over western Europe with salami tactics
  • Iron Curtain Speech

    Iron Curtain Speech
    Winston Churchill delivers the speech in the united states .he is concerned about soviet aggression in Eastern Europe. The iron curtain is the division between Capitalist western Europe and communist eastern Europe .He wanted America to take bigger role in soviet aggression.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    The people involved was the united states. The Truman doctrine was an american policy to where they said they'll provide military equipment. And stop soviet union expansion. It happened in Greece where the united states was aiding the government of Greece by giving them military equipment. It happened by him telling the U.S that he´ll stop communism where ever it stops to spread and to rebuild everything after a war
  • Marshal plan

    Marshal plan
    The Marshall plan was an American thing in which America helped Western Europe providing them with over 12 billion dollars to help build Western Europe Economies.
  • Berlin blockade

    Berlin blockade
    The Berlin blockade was one of the major crisis of the Cold War. During the World War Two the Soviet Union blocked the western allies rail road tracks and canal tracks
  • Communist takeover china

    Communist takeover china
    The people involved was China in 1945-1949 There was military struggle between the nationalists and the communist under Mao Zedong
  • NATO

    NATO
    NATO was a governmental military alliance between 29 North America and European countries. This organization makes it the north Atlantic treaty
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    North Korea supplied and advised the soviet union which they then invaded south Korea which made the united nations help south Korea. The reason why they invaded was to
  • Vietnam war

    Vietnam war
    During the 1950 and 60s the u tied states fought wars to stop communism. The Vietnamese for independence and won in 1954.The country was split into communism and non communist.
  • Revolt in Hungary

    Revolt in Hungary
    The Hungarian revolt was one of the darkest wars in the Cold War the struggle began in October 23, 1956 in which caused hundreds and thousands to revolt against the soviet control government after the rebel’s gave taken control of the government
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    Sputnik was the first earth satellite to be launched. The Soviet Union launched into orbit in October 4, 1957 it orbited the world for 3 weeks then later flying down into earth
  • Great Leap Forward

    Great Leap Forward
    As a result of great economic reconstruction in the early 5 year plan the party leadership headed by Mao Zedong considered the consistimos for a great leap forward
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The people involved were the united states and the soviet union it was the first war that ever came to a nuclear conflict in 1962. The Cuban missile crisis stands out a lot as a singular war in the cold war.It happened when the soviet union (USSR) began making missiles in Cuba.
  • Cultural Revolution

    Cultural Revolution
    China's communist leader Mao Zedong made what was known to be called the Cultural Revolution. It was a movement that they wanted to restore capitalism because the bourgeoisie infiltrated to society. It also happened in china. It happened because they needed to restore capitalism .It happened by them needing to eliminate they're rivals
  • Revolt In Czechoslovakia

    Revolt In Czechoslovakia
    The people involved were the soviet union and other Warsaw pact. It happened when Alexander Dubcek was elected for the first secretary in the communist party in Czechoslovakia. When it really happened was in August when nearly 200,000 Warsaw troops crashed the communist party. It happened by them wanting to crack down a t trend.
  • Apollo program

    Apollo program
    Apollo program was the 3rd U.S spaceflight in which succeeded landing the first humans on the moon in 1969