cold war (the reason it is called the cold war is because it was a war where not much actual conflict happened but it was more of a war of suspense)
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Formation of the Eastern Bloc
The Formation of the Eastern Bloc was a collection of communist puppet countries like Poland, Romania, Albania, etc. The Eastern Bloc acted as a buffer between the completely communist soviet union, and place that oppose communism like Germany -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The Soviet Union decided to block berlin from receiving materials from Britain and America. In response Britain and America created an airlift to get materials to Berlin. This created the first major conflict of the cold war -
Enactment of Marshall Plan
it was a plan to reform 17 economies formally called the European recovery program, and it was enacted through economic assistance. -
Postwar occupation and division of Germany
The Allies were unsure of Germany's future so they divided it up into 4 parts between France, the Soviet Union, America, and Great Britain. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
it's officially known as the Chinese People's War of liberation. It was the end of a multi-decade struggle, and their goal was to purge capitalist and traditional ideas from Chinese culture -
Korean War
The Korean war was a war between North and South Korea. The Korean war never officially ended as the last part of it was a signing of a armistice. They had combatants from over 20 countries. -
Cuban Revolution
An armed revolt led by Fidel Castro. The Cuban Revolution changed relations between Cuba and U.S.A forever. -
Overthrow of the Guatemalan Government
A coup d'état where the American government got rid of Guatemala's democratically elected leader. This operation was codenamed PBSuccess . The leader that was overthrown was not only democratically elected, but was also the first democratically elected leader in Guatemala -
Vietnam war
The Vietnam war was a conflict between North and South Vietnam. This was significant to the U.S because one side was communist. The war was very costly and it caused protests and riots back at the U.s -
Hungarian uprising
Many of Hungary's people banded together in a protest against the USSR, and became militias. Many of the protestors were killed or executed in response to the anti soviet stance. Eventually the USSR pressed the revolution enough to stop it. -
Bay of pigs invasion
A group of Cuban exiles disliked the Cuban revolution so they decided to invade. The group of Cuban exiles were able to become funded by the American government. The American governments involvement would transform relations between Cuba and the U.S.A forever. -
Building the Berlin Wall
Because Germany was separated into 4 after the war east Germany decided to section off their bit of berlin with a wall. Part of the reason Berlin was sealed off was as a result of the fact that many people from east berlin were going over to west berlin for the purpose of freedom from communism -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A standoff started between the Soviet Union and the U.S when a side constructed missiles pointing at the other side which lasted about 13 days and could have ended up ended the world -
Rise of the Palestine Liberation Organization
The PLO claims to be the voice of all the worlds Palestinians. This organization was made to centralize the leadership of many groups. The PLO was only majorly recognized after the defeat of Arab states -
Soviet War in Afghanistan
this was a conflict where many Marxist insurgent groups fought a guerilla war against the republic of Afghanistan. The war ended up just being fought with other countries funding. The main reason the fight went on for so long was because was a fight fought as other countries main ideals -
Solidarity Movement in Poland
Solidarity is a largely anti-authoritarian organization. The Polish Government tried to destroy it through martial law. Through a lot of financial support from the democratic side of the cold war they managed to survive. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The massacre was a set of protests that were for a pro reform politician's death, however the government then sent tanks and soldiers carrying assault rifles into Tiananmen Sqaure and told them to fire upon the protestors resulting in a blood bath. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The wall was torn down after many protests, and half a million people gathered. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union collapsed after losing many of its states which gained sovereignty over themselves due to the reforms its current president enforced upon his country. -
9/11
a series of bombings made from passenger planes, two of them were sent towards the twin towers one of them was sent to the pentagon and the last one was sent towards the capital. Of the 4 attacks 3 were successful but the one sent to the capitol was diverted into a field