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The Chinese Revolution, also known as Chinese Civil War, took place is 1949. Mao Zednog declared the creation of the PRC. This ended the civil war between the KMT (Kuomiting) and the CCP (Chinese Communist party.
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The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. The Korean War started because USSR wanted to spread Communism to the Pacific. The Korean War pitted the United States and its allies against the Soviet Union and their allies causing more tenstion for the Cold War.
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The Hungarian Revolutions took place becuase they hated becing under Russian rule and were huge revolutions that caused the uprisings of the Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union successfully launched the world’s first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It impacted Cold War because It launched the space race between the U.S and USSR
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When Francis Gary Powers was caught spying on the Soviets he was shot down and sentenced for espionage. This was a ture embarressment for the U.S. and an awkward situation between the U.S.and Soviet Union.
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Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident
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The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democractic Republic that completely cut off West Berlin from surronding East Germany and from East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area that contained anti-vehicle trenches.
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The Soviet Union told the U.S they had missles in Cuba. This brought the world to the brink of nuclear warr during the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Russian paratroopers landed in Kabal, the capital pf Afghanistan. The cpuntry was already in the grip of a civil war. The prme minister. Hazifullah Amin, tried to get rid of Muslim tradition within the nation an dhe wanted a more western slant to Afghanistan. Althogh, the soviets lost, showing a weakness in the Soviet Union.
