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Chinese Communist Revoltion
The CCP mobilized a massive army of peasants with their program of radical land reform, they gradually began winning open battles. The CCP forces forced the Nationalist government to flee to Taiwan. The CCP won the revolution and declared the founding of the People's Republic of China. -
Formation of the Eastern Bloc
The Eastern Bloc Originated at the End of World War 2, The purpose of the Eastern Bloc was to protect Soviet military interests. The conflict was between the U.S.S.R. and the invaders from the West. The Soviet Union "won" -
The Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War was a two-stage conflict during which Greek communists unsuccessfully tried to gain control of Greece. The Greek government forces and the Democratic Army of Greece supported a Communist Greece regime change. The German Army invaded in 1941 and controlled Greece until pushed out during the Greek civil war. -
Postwar Occupation and division of Germany
Germany was divided into four zones; Great Britain in the Northwest, France in the Southwest, The United States in the South, and the Soviet Union in the West. The conflict of the Soviet Union wanting all of Berlin while only East Germany fell under their communist rule. West Germany kept their independence and "Won" from Communist Rule. -
Enactment of Marshall Plan
In 1947 the Enactment of Marshall Plan, named for the Secretary of State George Marshall proposed the United States provide economic assistance and economic help of the infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The Soviets blockaded rail and roadways to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin of resources. The United States and the United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany. This blockade crisis ended when the Soviets lifted the blockade and land access to western Berlin. -
The Korean War
The Korean War was the conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million people lost their lives. The war started by North Korea Invading South Korea, the war ended in a stalemate. -
The Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was led by Fidel Castro, a social and armed conflict to overthrow the government of Fulgencio Batista. People in Cuba were unhappy with the social and racial inequality, the corruption, and the lack of justice of Batista's regime. Fidel Castro won the Cuban Revolution and ruled Cuba from then on until 2008. -
Overthrow of the Guatemalan Government
The coup installed the military dictatorship of Carlos Castillo Armas, the first in a series of U.S.-backed authoritarian rulers in Guatemala. It was a success for Jacobo Árbenz to overthrow the Guatemalan Revolution, He assumed power later. -
Vietnam War
North Vietnam wanted to unite Vietnam under its political and economic system. South Vietnam fought to keep this from happening, The United States helped South Vietnam, but North Vietnam won the war in 1975. Soon Vietnam was united as a Communist country. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was an invasion of Cuba in April 1961 by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro. The invasion was financed and directed by the U.S. government. The Cuban military quickly defeated and captured many of the invasion force. -
Building the Berlin Wall
The SED began to seal off the borders around West Berlin, first with barbed wire and a few days later with walls. They hoped this measure would put an end to the masses leaving Berlin. It also wanted to stabilize its power and document its sovereignty to the outside world. When the Berlin Wall fell it marked the first of german reunification. -
The Cuban Missil Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. There was an agreement that resolved the Crisis. -
Rise of the PLO
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s purpose is liberating Palestine, achieving Palestinian self-determination, and securing the return of the refugees. It was conceived at an Arab League summit in Cairo, and backed the use of armed struggle to achieve its goals. BPLo became an umbrella organization later on but continued with their mission. -
Prague Spring
The Prague Springs was several reforms, a strong attempt by Dubček to grant additional rights to the citizens of Czechoslovakia in an act of partial decentralization of the economy and democratization. The freedoms granted included a loosening of restrictions on the media, speech, and travel. The reforms won and freedoms were granted. -
Soviet War in Afganistan
The Soviet Union went to war in Afghanistan over fear that the growing Muslim population in Soviet Central Asia threatened Soviet control. The war lasted ten years, and the Soviet Union received a devastating defeat -
Tiannamen Square Massacre
The Tiananmen Square Massacre was a protest and a massacre in which the People's Liberation Army cracked down on a student protest on the square that had the stated purpose of calling for political liberalization and greater respect for human rights, killing an unknown number of protesters. -
Fall Of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin wall happened five days after half a million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest, that the Berlin Wall dividing communist East Germany from West Germany crumbled. This marked a step towards German unification. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The unsuccessful coup against Gorbachev sealed the fate of the Soviet Union. It was Planned by Communists, the coup destroyed Gorbachev's power and propelled democratic forces to the front of Soviet and Russian politics. Yeltish was declared the first president of the Russian Federation, the Soviet Flag was lowered. -
9/11 Attacks
The 9/11 attacks were from four coordinated Islamist suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on September 11, 2001. That morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the East Coast to California. 2,996 people died and thousands were injured, still lasting effects today.