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Start of the Greek civil war
Greek government (supported by UK and US) VS The army of Grece. -
The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was onw of the first major international crises of the cold war. -
End of the Greek civil war
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The Hungarian uprising
The Hungarian upraising was a nationwide revolution against the Hungarian People's Republic and it's Soviet-imposed policies. -
Start of the Vietnam war
The Vietnam war was a long, costly and divisive conflict pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
The Berlin wall
The Berlin wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlinfrom 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. -
The Cuban missile crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
The invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, officially known as operation Danube, was a join invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw. -
End of the Vietnam war
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The fall of the Berlin wall
The fall of the Berlin wall was a pivotal event in world history which marked the falling of the Iron Curtain and the start of the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe. -
The invasion of Afghanistan
The invasion of Afghanistan was supported by close US allies. The conflict is also known as the US war in Afghanistan. Its public aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda and deny it a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by removing the Taliban from power.
