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The Partition of India and Pakistan
Indian independence is achieved and the country is split in two. -
Creation of the State of Isreal
Jewish people escape Nazi control and the UN gives land to the Jewish. -
Berlin Blockade
The event of taking supplies into Berlin -
Mau-Mau Uprising in Kenya
State emergency is imposed in response to the rebel uprising. -
Algerian Independence
War breaks out in Algeria lead by the FLN and terrorists attacks take place in Paris. -
Suez Crisis
A rise of Arab nationalism helps promote Nasser and his idea of taking control of government. -
Nkrumah Wins Independence for Ghana
African nationalism, racial equality and Pan-Africanism gathers pace in early 1900s. Independence is gained in Ghana. -
Castro Defeats Batista
Batista is installed by American backers but is defeated by communist leader Castro in armed coup. -
The Bay of Pigs
As the US is determined to keep communism from the Americas, Kennedy inherits a CIA plan to get rid of Castro. -
Berlin Wall is Built
The physical barrier constructed as a symbol of the ideological divide between the West and East. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The US and USSR start stockpiling nuclear weapons in an arms-race. -
Vietnam War/ Gulf of Tonkin Incident
S.E. Asian countries want independence from colonial rule, the US fears a spread of communism will replace colonial rule. -
Cultural Revolution
Tens on millions die is China due to starvation. -
Six Day War
A war fought between Egypt and Israel. -
SALT Talks
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks - bilateral discussions on disarmament of control. -
Deng Xiaoping
Embraces capitalism, opens borders, cultural and economic reforms, globalism. -
Iran-Iraq War
Iraq was divided along ethnic lines between Arabs and Kurds as well as Sunni and Shia Muslims. Saddam Hussein, a Sunni, became leader in 1979 and suppresses ethnic Kurds and Shias. -
Fall of Berlin Wall/Collapse of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev is elected president. He introduces the above reforms. The process reduces the tensions of the Cold War. -
Gorbachev
Glasnost (openness) - the Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues which helps democratize the Soviet Union.
