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iron curtain speech
Winston Church visited america to give a speech to address the united states to the issue Europe was having with Russia converting eastern European countries to communism. -
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korean war
The Korean War (1950-1953) began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. As Kim Il-sung's North Korean army, armed with Soviet tanks, quickly overran South Korea, the United States came to South Korea's aid. -
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cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. The location of the cuban missile crisis was in Cuba and Caribbean Sea. -
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cultural revolution
In 1966, China's Communist leader Mao Zedong launched what became known as the Cultural Revolution in order to reassert his authority over the Chinese government. The Cultural Revolution, formally the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in China from 1966 until 1976. The movement was launched in May 1966, after Mao alleged that bourgeois elements had infiltrated the government and society at large, aiming to restore capitalism. -
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revolt in czechoslovakia
The Velvet Revolution (Czech) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 29 December 1989.
