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Fall of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin was on of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War 2 -
Greek Civil War
A conflict between the communist-dominated left-wing resistance organization EAM-ELAS and loosely allied anti-communist resistance forces. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
The Chinese People's War of Liberation in the People's Republic of China -
Enactment of Marshall Plan
President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act. Which proposed the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The first major international crisis of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railways, roads, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
Postwar Occupation and Division of Germany
Postwar Germany decided they would divide Germany into occupation zones. -
Korean War
Was fought between North Korea and South Korea. -
Cuban Revolution
Armed revolt lead by Fidel Castro and his fellow revolutionaries. -
Overthrow of the Mossadegh Government in Iran
The overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. -
Formation of the Eastern Bloc
The Soviet Union created the Eastern Bloc by invading and then annexing several countries as Soviet Socialist Republics by agreement with Nazi Germany in the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. -
Vietnam War
Fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba. -
Building the Berlin Wall
The communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a barbed wire and concrete wall between East and West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day political standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba. -
Rise of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Was created in order to bring various Palestinian groups together under one organization. -
Prague Spring
A period of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. -
Soviet War in Afghanistan
A conflict wherein insurgent groups known collectively as the Mujahideen fought a nine-year guerrilla war against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Troops fired at protesters and those trying to block the military's advance on Tiananmen Square. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state. -
9/11
A series of four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the militant Islamic extremist network al-Qaeda against the United States.