Post War Foreign Timeline

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  • Arms Race

    Arms Race
    • The arms race was a competition between USSR and U.S for superiority in development of weapons.

  • TRUMAN DOCTRINE

    TRUMAN DOCTRINE
    • Was first expressed by U.S President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking and for Greece and Turkey

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    • It was the European Recovery Program.
    • In which the United States gave 13 billion.

  • NATO ( NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION)

    NATO ( NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION)
    • It was created by U.S, Canada and several Western European to provide collective security agaisnt the Soviet Union,

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    • The Korean Was was the first military action of the Cold War.
    • The Korean war began when 72,000 North Korean soldiers poured over the 38th parallel into South Korea to impose communism.

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    • Vietnam War started between North and the South that pitted the communism between the two.

  • SPUTNIK

    SPUTNIK
    • It was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the earth.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion
    • The Bay of Pigs refers to when America sponsored the CIA to attack the CUban Government to overthrow Fidel Castro.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    • The closest the world ever came to Nuclear War. And because of President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushev, the war was averted.