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Chinese Civil War (between Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong)
In Nanjing on April 1931 Chiang Kai-shek attended a national leadership conference with Zhang Xueliang and Muslim General Ma Fuxiang, in which Chiang and Zhang dauntlessly upheld that Manchuria was part of China in the face of the Japanese invasion. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet union claims Berlin so they can claim it as their own. This is the supposed start of the cold war. Stalin was Dictator at the time. -
Berlin Airlift
The U.S. and United Kingdom gives support to Berlin because the Soviet Union is trying to take over. They drop mainly food supplys. -
NATO established
North Alantic Treaty Organization, designed to help all "free countrys." -
NSC-68
A secret policy to fight or put pressure on communism where ever it may lie. -
Korean War
The Korean War was one of the most controversial of all wars. This was one of the hot spots of the cold war. This was due to the U.S. policy on communism. -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
President Truman fires General MacArthur on this day because of his tactics. -
Launching of Sputnik
The Launching of Sputnik changed the world forever. It also started the moon race for us Americans. This was done by the Soviets which didn't pan out to well with the cold war. -
Warsaw Pact
In response to NATO, The Soviet Union creates their own communism approved group. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis nearly brought the world to Nuclear destruction. In response to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961, and the presence of American Jupiter ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey against the USSR with Moscow within range, Moscow didn't like that too much, so the cold war almost got HOT!
