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Creating of United Nations
coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942 -
Yalta conference
Stalin explained that throughout history Poland had either attacked Russia or had been used as a corridor through which other hostile countries invaded her. Only a strong, pro-Communist government in Poland would be able to guarantee the security of the Soviet Union. -
Ending of WW2
American soldiers came home. -
Mao Zedong comes to power
the long march in 1934 symbolized the hard times for communists. this stayed true until he gained power in 1949 this is when he turned china into a proletariat state . he supported peasants women and guerrilla war tactics -
beginning of korea
conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation. -
Ending of Korean war
conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation. -
gulf of tonkin incident
It was a pair of attacks carried out by naval forces of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) against two American destroyers, the USS Maddox and the USS Turner Joy. -
President Nixon visits china
In their accounts of the historic February 1972 trip to China, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger focus on the February 21 meeting with Mao Zedong as well as the talks with Zhou Enlai on the Vietnam War, Taiwan, and the Shanghai Communique. Both kept secret one of the trip's more remarkable episodes -- Kissinger's top secret intelligence briefing to the Chinese on Soviet military forces arrayed against China. -
Beginning of Vietnam
