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  • Moa Zedong comes to power

    Moa Zedong comes to power
    (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    When the soviet union, US, and england met and talked about what would happen to the people that lost.
  • Creation of United Nations

    Creation of United Nations
    Stop war between the counties and provide a platform for dialog.
  • Ending The WW2

    Ending The WW2
    Japan surrendered which caused America to win the war.
  • Beginning of Korea War

    Beginning of Korea War
    A war between the Republic of Korea (supported primarily by the United States of America, with contributions from allied nations under the aegis of the United Nations) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (supported by the People's Republic of China, with military and material aid from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
  • Ending of Korea War (final result)

    Ending of Korea War (final result)
    A ceasefire stopped the fighting on July 27, 1953. There was an armistice signed by North Korea, China and the UN but not South Korea.
  • Beginning of Vietnam

    Beginning of Vietnam
    Occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    Gulf of Tonkin Incident
    The American commitment to the war against Vietnam, which killed over 50,000 U.S. military personnel, and probably over 2 million Vietnamese civilians, was cemented by an incident that appears to involve more fiction than fact.
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that was launched on January 30, 1968. Regular and irregular forces of the People's Army of Vietnam fought against the forces of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), the United States, and their allies.
  • President Nixon visits China

    President Nixon visits China
    Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China
  • Ending of Vietnam (final result)

    Ending of Vietnam (final result)
    Nixon’s National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger, concluded a secret peace agreement with North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho