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the marshall plan
an american attempt to heal ties between europe after WWII by supporting them financially. in an attemp to rebuild there economy and society. -
The Korean War
A war against North and South Korea due to the political division caused by WWII. The Republic of Korea and the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Where ultimatley fighting for power against each other. after almost four years of war in which thousand of people died it ended it a stailmate. -
Warsaw Pact
A pact signed by 8 Communist states in Europe set up as a mutual defence treaty. which also assited with economic problems. Ended in 1991. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was simply another one of the US's attemps to stop the spread of communism with a stragety called containment. US troops where not deployed until 1965 and ended in 1973. the peak of US involvment peaked in 1968 and by the end of the war The USA had lost 58,220 troops in the conflict. -
Sputnick
first satellite launched into space by russia.this triggured the space race between the united states and russia, which led to the first man on the moon. -
Bay of Pigs invation
Failed Military invation into cuba aranged JFK to overthrow the revolutionary leftist government run by Osvaldo Torado. The united states trained cuban exiles in the art of combat in order to creat a rebelion against Torado and there prime minister Fidel Castro. -
The berlin wall goes up
The berlin wall was created as a boundary separating east and west berlin which where controlled by two different countries. East berlin controlled by germany was under socialist controll and west was mainly controlled by USA, France and Britain. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Cuban Missle Crisis was the process of the united states stopping WMD's being placed in Cuba by Russia. This is known in history as the closest the world has ever come to a full scale nuclear war. As a direct result of this a trade embargo was issued on cuba which is still in act today. -
first man on the moon
this was the end of the space race between the usa and russia. Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon, and said the famous quote: "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" -
the 6 day war
a war against isreal and egypt when egypt began bombing raids, which lead to israel invading the west bank. ended in egypt blocking the the straits of tiran and the forced evacuation of the sinai penninsula. -
nixon visits china
in 1972 president nixon visited china which ended a 25 year separation of the two sides. The PRC or republic of china lead by mao zedong had not been recognized as a us alie until this time. -
us invades grenada
operation fury, as it was codnamed was the invasion of the caribean island grenada lead by the united states, this lead to the re-instition of a constituinal nation in grenada. -
German reunification/ fall of the berlin wall
The process in which the German Democractic Republic joined with the Federal Republic of Russia. This process Is what ultimatley brought Berlin back into one single city and made the Berlin wall no longer a border dividing the city, but a reminder of the past. -
collapse of the soviet union
This happend when the Union of Soviet Republics turned into the republics of the supreme soviets of the soviet union. president mikhail gorbachev resigned and handed of the nuclear launch codes to boris yeltsin -
The creation of NATO
NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty organization consited of 28 states across the United States and Europe, Created for the soul purpose of managing treaty created in the north atlantic reagion.
