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Chinese Civil War
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
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin, which lay within Russian-occupied East Germany. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin airlift was formed by allies to help get supplies to west Berlin. -
Formation of NATO
This was created to stop the expansion of communism. -
National Security Council Report NSC-68
National Security Council Report 68 (NSC-68) was a 58-paged top secret policy paper issued by the United States National Security Council. -
Korean War
It was a conflict between communist and noncommunist parties in Korea. -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur, issued an unauthorized statement containing a veiled threat to expand the war into China if the Communist side refused to come to terms. When MacArthur continued to support an expansion of the war, communicating directly with a like-minded Republican congressman, Truman, with the backing of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as the Secretaries of State and Defense, felt they had no alternative but to replace MacArthur with a military commander. -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Launching of Sputnik
This was the worlds first artificial satelite. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
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.
