-
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
was the effect of the USA fighting with communism -
Division of Germany
After its defeat in World War II, Germany was divided into four zones under the control of the United States, Britain, France and the former Soviet Union. The division, nevertheless, was provisional -
Berlin Blockade
the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutsche mark from West Berlin. -
Formation of NATO
An intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. The members are United States, France, United Kingdom -
China Communists
1945 the Americans reinstated Chiang Kai-shek as ruler of China, and tried to organise a truce between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, but after the surrender of Japan a civil war broke out, which the Communists won after a vicious struggle.
In 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China in Beijing, saying: ‘China has stood up’, and the Communists too steps to establish a Communist regime. -
Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance
A treaty between the People of China and the Soviet Union , were the Soviet Union recognized the People of China and called recognition of the Republic of China. -
Korean War
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 persons lost their lives. The war reached international proportions in June 1950 when North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South. -
Space Race
United States and the Soviet Union engaged a competition to see who had the best technology in space. This included such events as who could put the first manned spacecraft into orbit and who would be the first to walk on the Moon. The Space Race was considered important because it showed the world which country had the best science, technology, and economic system. -
Political Balance
Political balance is broken, USSR seems to be stronger -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. -
Separation of ideologies
Berlin wall sealed East and West Germany -
Cuban missile crisis
Russia´s turning aggressive to show power -
Communism vs Democracy
Vietnam war (Proxy war) North vs South -
Apollo 11
It lands on the moon and USA is the first man in the moon -
Berlin wall falls
USSR wasn´t unable to sustain East Germany -
German unification
-
End of Warsaw Pact
USSR unable to maintain relations -
Leader Gorbachev resgins
USSR looses strength and then the USSR dissapeared
