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Cold War

By jwpw

  • NATO was formed

    NATO was formed
    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  • The People's Republic of China was established

    The People's Republic of China was established
    Mao surpresses counterrevolutionaries . Mao Zedong's communist forces took over mainland China.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    The Korean War was a conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953.

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    The Warsaw Pact alliance was set up under a mutual defense treaty.

  • Cuba turns communist

    Cuba turns communist
    Cuba becomes a communist country under Fidel Castro.

  • The Alliance for Progress

    The Alliance for Progress
    Was against communism in Latin America

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    Was a major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.

  • Tonkin Gulf Resolution

    Congressional resolution passed in 1964 that authorized military action in Southeast Asia.

  • Six Day War

    Six Day War
    Was a war between Israel and the armies of the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.

  • Warsaw Pact invades Czechoslovakia

    Warsaw Pact invades Czechoslovakia

  • Nixon visits China

    Nixon visits China
    Nixon visited the communist China.

  • Soviet war in Afghanistan begins

  • Soviet war in Afghanistan ends

  • Berlin Wall goes down

    Berlin Wall goes down
    People take it apart.

  • The Cold War ends.

    The Cold War ends.
    The Soviet Union breaks up.