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Events of the Cold War

By huntarr

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    It was an american program to aid to Europe where the United States gave montery support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War 2. It was to put an end to Soviet Communism.

  • NATO

    NATO
    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This is an intergovermental military allience based on the North Atlantic Treaty.

  • the Korean War

    the Korean War
    It was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. About 100,000 North Koreans were executed in internal communist party purges. Among the 1.8 million American soldiers who fought in the Korean War there were more than 100,000 African Americans

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    This was in the Cold-War Era. Fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The U.S supported the South. The U.S sought to prevent Communism from expanding,

  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    It was an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba in April of 1961. The invasion was an enbarrassment to the U.S forein policy.

  • Berlin wall goes up

    Berlin wall goes up
    East Germany began closing the border between West and East Berlin.

  • The Six Day war

    The Six Day war
    It was fought by Israel and Egypt. Israel launching surprise bombing raids against Egyptian air-fields after a period of high tension. Within six days, Israel had won a decisive land war

  • Olympic Basketball game.

    Olympic Basketball game.
    the first time the United States did not win a gold medal since the sport's inception into the Olympic Games in 1936

  • Soviet Union collapse

    Soviet Union collapse
    90% of voters opted for independence. Within the year of 1991, the wall collapsed and independence came.