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Chinese Civil War
This war was a conflict between the Nationalists and the Communists. This war ended when major active battle ceased in 1950. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade (1 April 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control. -
Berlin Airlift
The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutschmark from West Berlin. In response, the Western Allies organised the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin. -
Formation of NATO
NATO was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The countrues that created this included the United States,
Canada, France, Italy, and Iceland were among the 12 countries who formed NATO. Its major purpose was to form a defensive alliance to protect member countries. -
National Security Council Report #68
NSC-68 stands for the National Security Council Report #68. This was a report by the National Security given to President Harry S Truman in 1950. This report led to the containment policy used by the United States for approximately the next 20 years. -
Korean War
The Korean war was fought between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North. -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur, the commander of the U.N. forces in Korea, 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. On April 11, 1951, President Truman relieved MacArthur of his command. -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and seven of its European satellites sign a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. -
Launching of the Sputnik
On October 4,1957 the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis is also known as the October Crisis. This was a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. It was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.
