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Chinese Revolution
• Communist takeover of mainland China • People's Republic of China established in mainland China • Government of the Republic of China relocated to Taiwan Who: China. Soviet Union, How impacted Cold War: It increased tensions, because it increased Western fears of Communist expansion. -
Korean War
between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union.
What happened:
• The Korean Armistice Agreement, a cease-fire armistice
• North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
• U.N. invasion of North Korea repelled
• Chinese-North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
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Uprisings in Hungary and Czechoslovakia
Why: hated Russian control
Who: Austria Hungary Czechslovakia
What: revolt against the government of Hungary
How impacted Cold War:
• impacted cold war: Russians stayed in control behind the Iron Curtain
• Revolution crushed
• Soviet Victory -
Sputnik Launched
Who: Soviet Union
What: Soviet Union successfully launched the world’s first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
How impacted Cold War: It launched the space race between the U.S and USSR -
U2 Spy Plane Shot Down
• Francis Gary Powers, May 1st 1960, was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area that contained anti-vehicle trenches, "fakir beds" and other defenses -
Cuban Missle Crisis
• In October 1962, the U.S. and Soviet Union brought the world to the brink of nuclear war during the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile -
Russia invades Afghanistan
• In Christmas 1979, Russian paratroopers landed in Kabal, the capital of Afghanistan. The country was already in the grip of a civil war. The prime minister, Hazifullah Amin, tried to sweep aside Muslim tradition within the nation and he wanted a more western slant to Afghanistan. This outraged the majority of those in Afghanistan as a strong tradition of Muslim belief was common in the country.
