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  • yalta conference

    yalta conference
    The meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. Within a few years, with the Cold War dividing the continent, Yalta became a subject of intense controversy
  • creation of united nations

    creation of united nations
    The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue.
  • Ending of WW2

    Ending of WW2
    WORLD WAR 2 ENDED SEP 2 1945. THE WAR ENDED WITH THE TOTAL VICTORY OF THE ALLIES OVER AXIS IN 1945.
  • Beginning of korea war

    Beginning of korea war
    The situation escalated into open warfare when North Korean forces invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950.In 1950 the Soviet Union boycotted the United Nations security council, in protest at representation of China by the Kuomintang / Republic of China government, which had taken refuge in Taiwan following defeat in the Chinese Civil War
  • beginning of vietnam

    beginning of vietnam
    This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries.U.S. 58,000 troops were killed
    the North vietnamese army 1.1 million deaths
    1,170,000 people were injured
  • end of korea war

    end of korea war
    The Korean War 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 was a war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 128,650 us people where killed or woundeed in the korean war.
  • gulf of tonkin incident

    gulf of tonkin incident
    The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, or the USS Maddox Incident, are the names given to two separate confrontations, one actual and one now recognized as non-existent, involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. On August 2, 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox, while performing a signals intelligence patrol as part of DESOTO operations, engaged three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats of the 135th Torpedo Squadron.
  • tet offensive

    tet offensive
    The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that was launched on January 30, 1968. South Vietnam had 2,931 dead and the allied forces had 6,328 dead, but estimations of civilian deaths run up to 14,000
  • ending of vietnam war

    ending of vietnam war
    The Vietnam War[A 3] was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955[A 1] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975..S. military involvement ended on 15 August 1973 as a result of the Case–Church Amendment passed by the U.S. Congress