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Chinese Civil War (between Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong)
Mao Zedong led the Chinese Communtists Party (CCP). The Chinese Nationalists Party (CNP) was led by Jiang Jieshi. Chinese civil war is the aggression of foreign powers that are impinging on Chinese sovereignty, and at the same time the entire world is plunged into the Great Depression, WWII, and the early stages of the Cold War. -
Berlin Blockade
It was an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin. The blockade was the first major clash of the Cold War and foreshadowed future conflict over the city of Berlin. -
Berlin Airlift
It supplied food and fuel to citizens of Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin. The United States joined with western European nations in flying the supplies in. The airlift was one of the early events of the cold war. -
Formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere. -
National Security Council Report NSC-68
Argued that the best course of action was to respond in kind with a massive build-up of the U.S. military and its weaponry. It was one of the most significant statements of American policy in the Cold War. NSC-68 largely shaped U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War for the next 20 years, and involved a decision to make Containment against global Communist expansion a high priority -
Korean War
The Korean War (1950-1953) began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. As Kim Il-sung's North Korean army, armed with Soviet tanks, quickly overran South Korea, the United States came to South Korea's aid. -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands for making public statements that contradicted the administration's policies. MacArthur was a popular hero of World War II who was then the commander of United Nations forces fighting in the Korean War, and his relief remains a controversial topic in the field of civil-military relations. -
Formation of Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Treaty Organization (also known as the Warsaw Pact) was a political and military alliance established between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. The Soviet Union formed this alliance as a counterbalance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a collective security alliance concluded between the United States, Canada and Western European nations in 1949.
