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Chinese Civil War
There were millions of peasant farmers. There was a national government supported by the US run by Jiang Jieshi, and there were communist forces run by Mao Zedong. Land reform to the peasants where there would be a redistribution of property to those peasants and their families with the communist forces. -
Berlin Blockade
Was one of the first major international problems of the Cold War. Germany and the Soviet Union blocked Western Allies’ railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control. -
Berlin Airlift
The US and their allies decided to supply their parts of the city from the air. The “Berlin Airlift” lasted for over a year and carried more than 2.3 million tons of cargo into West Berlin. -
Formation of NATO
NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, it is an organization where multiple countries will agree to terms that if another country gets attacked then they will go into a mutual defense. Served as a purpose to keep the USSR from expanding, forbidding the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe through a strong North American presence on the continent, and encouraging European political integration. -
NSC- 68
Suggested that the US should have a massive build up of weapons; nuclear and traditional weapons. The US increased the defense budget up to $40 billion, which then led the Soviets to also increase their defense budget. -
Korean War
June 1950 is when the war began, peace talks start in 1951 and the peace talks would last for over 2 years. North Korea was communist and South Korea was pro- democratic. -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
MacArthur was a WWII hero. He had a lot of success as a military general. He wanted to expand the Korean War into China, he wanted to use nuclear weapons. -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
It was a collective deffensive treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. It was a military complement to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. -
Launching of the Sputnik
The Sputnik was the first artificial satellite. The Soviet Union launched it. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was about a two week period where the US and the Soviets verbally fought over Soviet missiles deployed in Cuba. It was the closest that the Cold War ever came to nuclear war.
