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United Nations(UN) Formed
The United Nations (UN) is an organization between countries established on 24 October 1945 to promote international cooperation. -
Germany Divided
After the Potsdam conference, Germany was divided into four occupied zones: Great Britain in the northwest, France in the southwest, the United States in the south and the Soviet Union in the east. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman’s foreign policy of financially supporting Greece and Turkey to help them fight Soviet communist threats. -
Containment Policy
U.S. foreign policy of checking the expansion or influence of the Soviet Union and the spread of communism, as by the creation of strategic alliances or support of client states in areas of conflict or unrest. -
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The Cold War
The state of hostility, without actual warfare, that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union. -
Marshall Plan
U.S. gave over $13 billion ($140 in current dollar) in economic assistance to help rebuild Western Europe after WWII. -
Berlin Airlift
The supply of West Berlin in Germany by American and British planes during a Soviet blockade in 1948. -
NATO Formed
A defensive military alliance with the West European nations and the US. (opposite was Warsaw Pact). -
Kim Il-sung invades South Korea
Kim Il-sung in the North wanted to unite Korea – just as Rhee wanted to unite Korea – and Kim chose to invade. Kim Il-sung sent his military south across the 38th Parallel on June 25, 1950. -
UN Forces Push North Korea to Yalu River- the border with China
Those who escaped envelopment and capture were forced back north. UN forces invaded North Korea in October 1950 and moved rapidly towards the Yalu River—the border with China—but on 19 October 1950, Chinese forces of the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) crossed the Yalu and entered the war. -
Chinese forces cross Yalu and enter Korean War
Those who escaped envelopment and capture were forced back north. UN forces invaded North Korea in October 1950 and moved rapidly towards the Yalu River—the border with China—but on 19 October 1950, Chinese forces of the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) crossed the Yalu and entered the war. -
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Korean War
1950 to 1953 war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the support of the U.S.). -
Ethel Julius Rosenberg Execution
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who were accused and convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. -
Armistice Signed
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany. -
Warsaw Pact Formed
Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance, (May 14, 1955–July 1, 1991) treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization (Warsaw Treaty Organization) composed originally of the Soviet Union and Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. -
Sputnik
Created by Soviet Union, first satellite to orbit the Earth launched in 1957 causing the “space race”.
