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the cold war begins
a numbe of events led the two superpowers countries whose military power is combined with political influence to oppose each other. -
the united states announces truman doctrine and marshall plan
the truman doctrine stated that the united states would provide money to counytries threatened by communist expansions. marshall plan was designed to rebuild prosperity and stav=bility of war-torn europe. -
berlin air lift begin
In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. For nearly a year, supplies from American planes sustained the over 2 million people in West Berlin. -
NATO formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949 -
chiniese communist take control of china
On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which broke out immediately following World War II and had been preceded by on and off conflict between the two sides since the 1920’s. The creation of the PRC also completed the long process of governmental upheaval in China begun by t -
korean war ends
The war in the air, however, was never a stalemate. North Korea was subject to a massive bombing campaign. Jet aircraft were used in air-to-air combat for the first time in history, and Soviet pilots covertly flew in defence of their Communist allies. The fighting ended on 27 July 1953, when the armistice was signed. -
khrushchev named general secretary
Six months after the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev succeeds him with his election as first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. -
civil rights movement begins
The Civil Right Movement in the United States was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. -
sovients launch sputnik I
History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I -
the rome treaty establishes the EEC
On 25th March 1957, two treaties were signed in Rome that gave birth to the European Economic Community (EEC) and to European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) -
berlin wall built
Two days after sealing off free passage between East and West Berlin with barbed wire, East German authorities begin building a wall–the Berlin Wall–to permanently close off access to the West. For the next 28 years, the heavily fortified Berlin Wall stood as the most tangible symbol of the Cold War–a literal “iron curtain” dividing Europe. -
cuban missile crisis unfolds
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. -
solzhenitsyn's a day in the life of ivan denisovich is ublished.
a grim portrayal of life in a siberian forced-labor camp witten by alexander solzhenitsyn. -
more us troops sent to vietnam
The U.S. National Security Council recommends the bombing of North Vietnam. President Johnson approves only the planning phase by the Pentagon -
the soviet army invades czaschoslavakia
On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague. Although the Soviet Union’s action successfully halted the pace of reform in Czechoslovakia, it had unintended consequences for the unity of the communist bloc.
