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Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang led government of the Republic of China, and forces loyal to the Communist Party of China. The war began in August 1927, with Chiang Kai-Shek's Northern Expedition, and essentially ended when major active battles ceased in 1950. -
Berlin Blockade
This was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control. -
Berlin Airlift
When the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. This lasted for nearly a year. -
Formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is also called the North Atlantic Alliance. And is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. -
NSC-68
President Harry S. Truman receives National Security Council Paper Number 68 (NSC-68). NSC-68 formed the basis for America’s Cold War policy for the next two decades. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea. In which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of command of the U.S. forces in Korea. The firing of MacArthur set off a brief uproar among the American public. -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. The Warsaw Pact got its name because the treaty was signed in Warsaw, included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members. -
Launching of Sputnik
the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. It played out on television worldwide and was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.
