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Chinese Civil War between Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong
Jiang had regained control over China. Mao Zedong lead the Chinese Communists Party, while the Chinese Nationalists Party was lead by Jiang Jieshi. Mao Zedong wins. -
Berlin Blockade
The institution of the Marshall Plan for European Recovery; the London Conferences of winter and spring of 1948; and the resultant London Program all led to the Berlin Blockade. The Soviet Union blocked off the Western allies railway, road, and canal access. -
Berlin Aircraft
The berlin Airlift was a mission to force the Western Allied powers (the United States, the United Kingdom, and France) to abandon their post-World War II jurisdictions in West Berlin. -
Formation of NATO
NATO was security pact, that stated a military attack against any of the signatories would be considered an attack against them all. Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United States were the original members of NATO. -
National Security Council Report NSC-68
This was a top secret report by the U.S. Department of State’s Policy Planning Staff. In this document, the authors had stated that the Soviets would be of more of a threat with the addition of more weapons, including nuclear weapons, to the Soviet arsenal. The authors proposed to take actioin by a massive build up of weaponry and military. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea. This was because the two were split up, then after that the states had many fights and tensions. North Korea had started the wqas by invading South Korea -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
President Truman wanted the war in Korea to stay a limited war, and he could not do so with General MacArthur starting conflicts. MacArthur always took the more violent road to solving problems. -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
This was a rival (communist) alliance with NATO. The Warsaw Pact coordinated defense among its member nations in order to deter an enemy attack.
