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Chinese Civil War
a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the government of the Republic of China led by the Kuomintang (KMT) and forces of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The war began in April 1927, amidst the Northern Expedition and essentially ended when major active battles -
Berlin Blockade
During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control. -
Berlin Airlift
a similar “airlift” to the Berlin Blockade. In the opposite direction of West Berlin’s greatly reduced industrial exports. -
NATO Formation
Forming the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). NATO allied the United States with Canada, France, Great Britain, and other countries in Western Europe. Each NATO member pledged to support the others in the event of a Soviet invasion. -
Korean War
also called the Korean conflict, fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The war began in 1950, when North Korea invaded South Korea. -
National Security Council Report NSC-68
was a 58-page top secret policy paper issued by the United States National Security Council during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. It was one of the most significant statements of American policy in the Cold War. -
Truman fires Macarthur
Truman fired Macarthur because Macarthur kept trying to get more involved in war with other countries without Truman's consent. Truman was trying to avoid war at all costs. -
Warsaw Pact
A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO, the Warsaw Pact included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.
