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Varkiza Agreement
ELAS had to give up their weapons and release their political prisoners. The government had to from a national army, release political prisoners, establish democratic regimine, and called for a new constitution. This ended Phase 1. -
Sukarno's Speech
Sukarno gave a speech talking about the Pancasila. The Pancasila was five guiding principles of the Indonesian Nation. -
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Indonesian National Revolution
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Beginning of the War
Elections were held in Greece. The elections were corrupt and as a result, the victory was greatly in favor of the EDES. Therefore, the Communists formed the Democratic Army of Greece, declaring they were fighting to restore Greece to a democracy. -
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Greek Civil War
The Greek cicil war was fought from 1946-49 between the Greek government army—backed by the United Kingdom and the United States—and the Democratic Army of Greece ,the military branch of the Greek Communist Party, backed by the USSR, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Albania. -
Phase 2 Begins
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Truman Doctrine
Truman initiated an emergency request for $400 million to aid Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall plan enacted
President Truman signed an Interim Aid Bill establishing the American Mission for Aid to Greece (AMAG). Less than a month later, expanding on the principles of the Truman Doctrine, Secretary of State George Marshall proposed his plan for long-term economic recovery for all European nations. By spring 1948, the Marshall Plan was channeling dollars to Europe. -
Paidomazoma
The removal of children from Greece into Socialist states. Minors ages 4-14 were removed from Greece to be indoctrinated as Communist janissaries. -
Election Year
Truman issued two banning orders in the armed forces and also guaranteeing fair employment practices. The military took two years to pass the law through. -
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Malayan Emergency
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The Malayan Emergency
The Guerrillas which were Malayan Chinese were trying to overthrow The British Colonial administration in Malaya. The State declared a State of Emergency after the Guerrillas assassinated three European plantation managers. -
Operation Torch
The National Army launched and attack on the DSE code named "operation torch" against the DSE, which resulted in heavy losses for the DSE and a victory for the National Army. -
End of the War
ELAS surrenders and a treaty was negotiated which signaled the end of the war. Nikos Zachariadis, the general secratary of the Communist party of Greece, announced a ceasefire to prevent the annihillation of Greece which ended the war. -
Fidel Castro's first attack
Castro led his first attack on July 26, 1953, against the military barracks in Santiago, but he was defeated and arrested. Castro was to spend 15 years in prison. Fortunately he was released on 1955 by Batista in show of supreme power -
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Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution (1953–1959) or the revolution on Cuba was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and its allies against the government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man. After he told her to move to the back of the bus. -
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Vietnam War
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Lifted Segregation
By the end of 1956 segregation was lifted in Montgomery. Buses also introduced integration. -
Bus Segregation
The Supreme Court deemed that bus segregation was unconstitutional. Since Rosa did what she did Rosa was given the name "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" -
Fidel Castro's second attack
His second attack was on December 2, 1956, he was defeated again by Batista's army and fled to the Sierra Maestra -
Batista launch Operación Verano
With seventeen battalions, tanks, planes, and ships, they planned to enter the Sierra Maestra and force a showdown with Castro's rebels.
Though greatly outnumbered, the rebels repeatedly inflicted heavy
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Bay Of Pigs
At first the United States supported Castro but when he embraced communism, the U.S. attempted to overthrow him. On April 17, 1961, at Cuba's Bay of Pigs, there was a battle between U.S. sponsored Cuban exiles and the Cuban armed forces. -
Malcom X
Malcom X left the NOI organization and made an organization of his own. He thought that they were waiting on change to happen instead of trying to make change happen. -
The Air War in Vietnam
From 1965 to 1968 over 1,400 U.S. warplanes were shot down over North Vietnam. Most of the damage was done with anti-aircraft guns. -
The Tet Offensive
The NLF had brought over the Tet Offensive in two days. 100 targets were attacked by 70,000 NLF soldiers including the capital in the South, which was Saigon. -
Konstantinos Karamanlis
Konstantinos Karamanlis restored Greece's democracy.
