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Chinese Civil War
It was between Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong. The war started in April of 1927 and did not end until 1950. Due to different political views. -
Berlin Airlift
It started at the end of the second world war. It started because of the question of who Berlin belonged to after the war. -
Berlin Blockade
It was one of the first crises' to break out in The Cold War. It was when the Soviet Union blocked the Western allies railway, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin. -
Formation of NATO
NATO stands for North ATlantic Treaty Organization, also known as North ATlantic Alliance. NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance, and it protects its allies in forms of defense when needed. -
Korean War
It was fought by fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic. The cause of this war was North Korea invaded South Korea. -
National Security Council Report NSC-68
It was a 58 paged top secret paper. NSC-68 largely shaped The U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War for the next 20 years, which also made us come up with the theory of containment within the Societ Union. -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
General MacArthur wished to do things with the war that would possibly cause highly dangerous consequnces for America. For example; a WWIII. Witht that being stated; President Truman fired him. -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact involved 8 communist in Central and Eastern Europe. What it did was provided collective defense for all of their partnered allies. -
Launching of Sputnik
It was the worlds first satellite. Launched by the Soviet Union. It took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; one of the “hottest” periods of the cold war.
