Cold War - The Cold War got its name because both sides were afraid of fighting each other directly. In a "hot war," nuclear weapons might destroy everything.
By cfritz942
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Postwar Occupation and Division of Germany
After Nazi Germany surrendered in Berlin, the major allies had divided Germany and its capital Berlin evenly. France, Great Britain, and the United States all had territory to the East. While the Soviet Union had acquired most of the Western side of Germany. This is the same idea for Berlin. -
Greek Civil War
Τhe Greek Civil War was fought in Greece from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek government army, backed by the United Kingdom and the United States.The military branch of the Greek Communist Party, backed by Yugoslavia and Albania as well as by Bulgaria. It is considered as the first proxy war of the Cold War. The fighting resulted in the defeat of the Communist insurgents by the government forces. -
Enactment of Marshall Plan
President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall. Who proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. 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. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
This was a civil war between the communist and nationalist party. This civil war in China was one the first proxy conflicts of the Cold War. The Soviets supported the communist party and the States supported the nationalist party. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a civil was between the North and South Koreans. The war started when North Korea invaded South Korea with 75,000 troops. This was the first military action of the Cold War. -
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a armed revolt against the Cuba president Fulgencio Batista. This lasted until 1959 when Fidel Castro and his 26th of July Movement overthrew the authoritarian government Cuba had. The new ran Communist Cuba was supported by the Soviets after the revolution. -
Formation of the Eastern Bloc
During the end of the war the alliance between the States and the Soviets started to dismantle. this turned into the two countries trying to justify and protect their ideologies, Capitalism verses communism. The Soviets created a buffer of communist states on the border to enforce their rule, being named The Eastern Bloc. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, of the North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. More than 3 million people were killed in the Vietnam War, 58,000 United States troops and more than half of the dead were Vietnamese civilians. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
On April 17, 1961, 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. American spy's and forces went to seek out an assignation of Fidel Castro. -
Building the Berlin Wall
In 1961 the Communist East side of Berlin built a wall to stop the fleeing population of East Berlin going into West Berlin. This was built because the majority of the people fleeing were highly skilled workers trying to cross to make money in the capitalist society of East Berlin. The border was cut off by the population and set with traps for anyone attempting to cross. -
Cuban Misile Crisis
This was a 12 day event standstill to Nuclear destruction of the world. The United States intercepted pictures of Soviet missile in Cuba and demanded for them to be taken out because of a attack. The Soviets refused so the United States surrounded the island of Cuba and forcing a removal of missiles, but the Soviets were minutes away from attacking. -
Soviet War in Afganistan
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years, from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups known collectively as the mujahedeen and the States making it a Cold War proxy war. Between 562,000 and 2,000,000 civilians were killed and millions of Afghans fled the country as refugees, mostly to Pakistan and Iran. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
In May 1989, nearly a million Chinese, mostly young students, crowded into central Beijing to protest for greater democracy. For nearly three weeks, the protesters kept up daily vigils, and marched and chanted. On June 4, 1989, however, Chinese troops and security police stormed through Tiananmen Square, firing indiscriminately into the crowds of protesters. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders. The dismantling of the wall continued through out the weeks. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The fall of the Soviet Union occurred on December 26, 1991. Officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union. It was a result of the declaration number 142-Н of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, the declaration acknowledged the independence of the former Soviet republics.
