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The Cold War
The Cold War is known as the decades following World War II in which there was diplomatic hostility and extreme competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
India achieves Independence
The Indian Independence Bill came into effect on August 15th, 1947. The long-awaited agreement ended 200 years of British rule and was hailed by Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi as the “noblest act of the British nation.” -
Formation of NATO
NATO was an alliance consisting of 12 nations (Among them the U.S. and Canada) that was formed due to fears of Soviet Aggression. -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was an alliance formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern Eurpoean nations in response to West Germany aligning with the countries of NATO. -
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Otherwise known as the Suez Crisis, this battle began as a result of the Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal. Israelis invaded the country and were victorious, angering the neighboring countries and setting the stage for future conflict. -
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The Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis began due to the Egyptian Presidents nationalization of the Suez Canal and ended with the withdrawal of both Israeli and UN forces. -
Launch of Sputnik
The Soviets launched Sputnik, the world's first unmanned satellite into space in 1957. This satellite used an inter-continental ballistic misslie, or ICBM, to get into space. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet missile sites were discovered by a U.S. spy plane in 1962. The United States placed a blockade around Cuba to prevent the building of more missiles. In the end, the Soviets agreed to remove their missiles if the U.S. did not invade Cuba. -
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted 13 days, in which the world hung on a tipping point between peace and nuclear war. Luckily, President Kennnedy and Soviet President Nikita Khrushchev reached an agreement and the conflict was resolved without the launch of any nuclear weapons. -
Arab-Israeli Conflict (1967)
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SALT Talks
President Nixon visited the Soviet Union and participated in what is known as the SALT Talks. As a result, the number of ICBMs a country could have was limited. -
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Otherwise known as the Yom Kippur War, in this stage of the conflict, Egyptian troops took the Israeli forces by surprise and swept deep into the Sinai Peninsula, while Syria struggled to throw occupying Israeli troops out of the Golan Heights. Israel counterattacked and recaptured the Golan Heights. The two groups signed a cease-fire on October 25th 1973. -
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Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur war was sparked by Egypts need for the land that was lost in the 1967 war with Israel. -
Ayatollah Khomeini is named President of Iran
Two weeks after the previous shah fled the country, Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran. Iranian revolutionaries applauded his arrival, and were eager to establish a new fundamentalist government under his leadership.
