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The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was sometimes considered the beginning of the Cold War and it was adressed in President Truman's speech. He said that the United states would help out Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling under the Soviet's rule. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American program to aid Europe. Here, the United States helped out to rebuild European economies once World War II ended. Our country did this, because we didnt want more Soviet Communisum. The purpose of this was to put Europe back together. -
Creation of NATO
The Creation of NATO was also known as The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance based after the North Atlantic Treaty. NATO was the most successful multi-national military alliance in history. -
Korean War Begins
This war was between South and North Korea, because North decided to invade South. The North Korean communist crossed the 38th parallel to invade anti-communist South Korea. During the war, the United states came to help out South Korea. -
Creation of The Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was a reaty between eight communist states of eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. This pact was actually a military treaty. The Pact was a Soviet reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was a war between communist North Vietnam and capitalist South Vietnam. The war began after the division of Vietnam by the Geneva Accords. The conflict occured in Southern Vietnam and North Vietnamese was helped out by the USSR. -
The Six Day War
The six day war began when Israel launched surprise bombing raid against Egyptian air-fields. During the war, more and more terrorist attacks on Isreal continued. In conclusion, the Soviets provided military and economic aid to Syria in order against Jordan and Iraq. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs was an invasion that did not go as planned and was unsuccessful. The United States attempted to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator. It resulted in a Cuba and United States not being on the same page with one another and breaking off diplomatic relations with Cuba in January 1961. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The Fall of Berlin Wall mostly happend overnight that was pretty violent. It was thought up of by the German Democratic Republic. The purpose of this was to completely cut off the land of West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
Berlin Wall Goes Up
The Berlin Wall went up while East Germany began closing the border between West and East Berlin. In addition, soilders came through East Berlin during the night, destroying streets that entered into West Berlin and put up barbed wire across the border between East and West Berlin. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
During the Cuban Missle Crisis, atomic bombs were a huge threat. While The United States was ready, the soviets in Cuba were ready to use nuclear weapons to defend their island if it was attacked. As a result, Fidel Castro's position as Cuban leader became more powerful. -
Nixon visits China
Nixon visited China in order to have people recognize the relationship between The United States and the People of China. This visit allowed Americans to view China in a very different way. -
USSR invades Afghanistan
The invasion occured in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.It was fought between Afghan forces and Mujahideens. As a result, Geneva Accords of 1988 was made, a
withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan, and the
Afghan Civil War continued. -
US Invades Grenada
The invasion of Grenada was led by the United States. The invasion happened in Grenada the resulted in a US victory later on. It also resulted in a restoration of constitutional government. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in the seperstion of fifteen countries. It was a victory that resulted in freedom as well. Since the end of the Soviet Union changed the entire world, the Cold War ended as well.
