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Chinese Civil War (between Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong)
The Chinese Civil War was a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China, and forces loyal to the Communist Party of China -
Berlin Blockade
was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany -
BERLIN AIRLIFT
to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin, the Russians–who wanted Berlin all for themselves–closed all highways, railroads and canals -
Formation of NATO
the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) -
National Security Council Report NSC-68
was a 58-paged top secret policy paper issued by the United States National Security Council on April 14, 1950, during the presidency of Harry S. Truman -
Korean War
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
In perhaps the most famous civilian-military confrontation in the history of the United States, President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of command of the U.S. forces in Korea. -
Launching of Sputnik
he successful launch of the unmanned satellite Sputnik I by the Soviet Union in October 1957 shocks and frightens many Americans. As the tiny satellite orbited the earth -
Cuban Missile Crisis
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. In a TV address on October 22, 1962, President John Kennedy (1917-63) notified Americans -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization .
