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Postwar occupation and division of Germany
Postwar Germany decided, would divide Germany into occupation zones The Allies would govern Germany through four occupation zones, one for each of the Four Powers the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. Germany's unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945, the Allies officially divided Germany into four military occupation zones. -
Greek Civil War
Greek communists unsuccessfully tried to gain control of Greece. The Greek Civil war that took place between 1943 to 1949 in Greece, was mainly fought by the Monarchist Kingdom of Greece. The Greek Civil War erupted in December 1944, pulling British forces from Athens. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
The Chinese Civil War was a civil war in China fought by the government of the Republic of China. On October 1, 1949, the Chinese Communist leader declared the creation of the People's Republic of China. In October of 1911, a group of revolutionaries in southern china led a successful revolt, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system. -
Enactment of Marshall Plan
It was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and western Germany were all a part of this. The United States transferred over $13 billion in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The United States and the United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany. President Truman, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin met at Potsdam to divide Germany into what they saw as four temporary occupation zones. On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the blockade. -
Korean War
The spread of communism during the Cold War, American containment, and the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. Korean War, was the conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea After three years of a frustrating war, the United States, the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea agreed to split. -
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was the overthrow of the regime by the 26th of July Movement and the establishment of a new Cuban government in 1959. The revolt took place between 1953 and 1959. he was finally removed from office on January 1, 1959. The revolution started in July 1953 and continued to varying degrees until the rebels finally on 31 December 1958, created a new revolutionary government. -
Formation of the Eastern bloc
They were invading several countries as Soviet Socialist Republics by agreement with Nazi German. The member countries of the Eastern Bloc were spread across eastern and central Europe and comprised The Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Albania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. In 1922, the Communists were victorious, forming the Soviet Union with the unification of the Russian, Ukrainian, and republics. -
Vietnam War
The war ended when U.S. forces withdrew in 1973 and Vietnam unified under Communist control two years later. Communist forces ended the war by the control of South Vietnam in 1975, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year. The Vietnam War pitted communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States. The war ended when U.S. forces withdrew in 1973 and Vietnam unified under Communist control two years later. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
1,400 Cuban exiles launched what became an invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. On April 17, 1961, and were defeated within 2 days by Cuban armed forces under their direct command. Cuban planes strafed the invaders, sank two escort ships, and destroyed half of the exile's air support. -
Building of the Berlin Wall
On the night of August 12-13, 1961, East German soldiers laid down more than 30 miles of barbed wire barrier through the heart of Berlin. The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Germany from 1961 to 1989, Constructed by the German Democratic Republic. The Soviets took the eastern half, while the other Allies took the western. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In October 1962, an American spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. A direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The Soviet Union had no other option other than escaping from the U.S. that was provoked by these missiles. So the U.S. won during the crisis. -
Soviet War in Afghanistan
On Christmas Eve 1979, the Soviet Union began an invasion of Afghanistan, it's Central Asian neighbor to the south. A conflict between groups known collectively as the Mujahideen, as well as smaller groups. In 1988 the Soviet Union signed an accord with the United States, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and agreed to withdraw its troops. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
A five-man committee to study political reform was established in September 1986. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Troops armed with assault rifles and accompanied by tanks fired at the demonstrators and those trying to block the military's advance into Tiananmen Square. -
Fall of the Berlin wall
October 3, 1990, with the dissolution of East Germany and the official people of the German state along the democratic lines of the West German Basic Law. The eastern part of the country went to the Soviet Union, while the western part went to the United States, Great Britain, and France. The Soviets took the eastern half, while the other Allies took the western. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
In early December, the leaders of Ukraine and Belarus met in Brest to form the Commonwealth of Independent States, effectively declaring the demise of the Soviet Union. Following the Allies' victory over Germany and Japan in 1945, the Soviet Union became the sole superpower rival to the United States. The Cold War between the two nations led to the military, the nuclear arms race, and the Space Race.