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Formation of NATO
NATO which stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created as a system of collective defence. When a member was attacked by any outside force all members would help. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlfit came after the blockade took effect. The allies supplied their sectors of berlin by air, supplying five tons of supplies. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union Blocked railways, and canals under allied control. Western Germany, Berlin later recieved help in lifting the blockade. -
National Security Council Report NSC-68
This 58 page top secret document was given to president Harry S Truman. The document talked about how the containment policy needed to be boosted or improved. -
Korean War
This war was fought between North and South Korea. The war was casued by the dispute of both sides governments. -
Chinese Civil War (between Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong)
The Chinese Civil war was fought between two sides, The Republic of china and The Communist Party of china. The Communist party won the war. -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
General MacArthur was relieved of duties in the Korean war when he said that the chinese intervention was minimal. Tens of thousands of troops stormed the koreas'. -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
The warsaw pact focused much like NATO. Many worries were that germany could become a military power again and they needed to prevent this so western germany joined NATO -
Launching of Sputnik
The First artificial earth satelite. Launcehd by soviet russia. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missle crisi was taken by the soviets bringing missles into cuba. They stopped and returned before war began.
