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The Marshall Plan
United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952); named after George Marshall -
Creation of NATO
Nato is the military alliance formed after the second world war - the goal to provide a strong defense in case of attack - to stop a third world war from starting. -
The Korean War
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. In 1948 rival governments were established: The Republic of Korea was proclaimed in the South and the People's Democratic Republic of Korea in the North -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO, the Warsaw Pact included Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. -
Soviet launch Sputnik
It was a propaganda stunt more than anything else, to show the west that the Soviet Union had the technology to both explore space and to wage nuclear war against the west too. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1959 -- April 30, 1975) was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States (with the aid of the South Vietnamese) attempting to prevent the spread of communism. Engaged in a war that many viewed as having no way to win, U.S. leaders lost the American public's support for the war. Since the end of the war, the Vietnam War has become a benchmark for what not to do in all future U.S. fo -
The Berlin Wall Goes Up
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The Berlin wall went up to a.) stop the influence of the west on the new communist government inside east berlin. b.) prevent people from going into west Berlin without permission. c.) as a military tactic to wall in the U.S. and UK military forces -
Bay of Pigs
A bay on the south-west coast of Cuba, where in 1961 about 1500 Cuban exiles, supported by the CIA, landed in an attempt to end the rule of Fidel Castro. The attempt failed, causing great embarrassment to the US President John F Kennedy and making Castro’s position stronger than ever. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
(1962) Major confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. -
The Six Day War
Aa war fought in the Middle East in June 1967, lasting six days. In it Israel defeated Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, occupying the Gaza Strip, the Sinai, Jerusalem, the West Bank of the Jordan, and the Golan Heights -
US sends a man to the moon
Driven primarily by a competition thing with the Russians. The US didn't want to be outpaced technologically by the russians. The moon was simply a tangible goal that could make that happen. -
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)
In it the US and Russia agreed to place limits and restraints on some of their central and most important armaments, nuclear weapons. -
Olympic Rivalry: 1972 basketball game
the tournament marked the first time the United States did not win a gold medal since the sport's inception into the Olympic Games in 1936, and ended up with the silver instead in a controversial final match against the Soviet Union. -
German Reunification/Fall of Berlin Wall
The physical Wall itself was primarily destroyed in 1990. The fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for German reunification, which was formally concluded on 3 October 1990 -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union had been going through rough times for years. Due to their Communist system and little trade with the outside world for years, there was little or no money coming into the country.
