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Formation of the Eastern Bloc
A coalition of European and Asian communist states/countries. All allied with the Soviet Union -
Postwar occupation and division of Germany
After WW2 Germany was split into 4 sections and given to 4 countries U.S., Soviet Union, Britain, and France. Berlin the capital city was also split into 4 sections. -
Greek civil war
A communist uprising tried to overthrow the Kingdom of Greece following ww2 -
Enactment of the Marshall plan
U.S. plan to help Europe after ww2 by sending supplies and Aid. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The Soviets blocked out all of the railways and roads going in there part of Germany and Berlin from the Allies. so the Allies started a massive airlift. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
A revolution in China that ended up making what's known as the Peoples Republic of China. -
Korean War
North Korea and South Korea had a war after North Korea invaded South Korea. -
Cuban Revolution
Cuban military and political groups overthrew the government turning it into a communist state. -
Vietnam war
North Vietnam and south Vietnam had Different political ideologies and went to war with each other to take over the other part of Vietnam. the Soviet Union helped South Vietnam while North Vietnam was supported by the U.S.. main conflict in the Cold War. -
Building the Berlin wall
The Soviet Union sealed off the borders into west Germany while building a wall across Berlin to keep the west Germans from leaving to the East. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed military landing in Cuba Ran by the U.S. government to help take out the Cuban revolution -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union put Nuclear missiles in Cuba to threaten the U.S. and wouldn't remove them tell they finally agreed to terms with the U.S. to remove them. -
Rise of Palestine Liberation Organization
The Arab League established the PLO in trying to control Palestinian nationalism while appearing to their cause. It was supposed to represent the views of civilians but it was actually representing the President of Egypt. -
Prague Spring
The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. -
Overthrow of the Allende government in Chile
a group of military officers seized power in a coup, ending civilian rule. Armed forces put the country under military control. small amount of resistance by the civilians. -
Soviet War in Afghanistan
The Soviet Union tried to turn Afghanistan into a communist country and they had several casualties and lost a lot of money and never really having a clean ending of the war. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
A student protest in China about the countries politics led into the peoples Liberation Army attacked them and killed a massive amount of civilians. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
In a time known as the peaceful revolution the transit restrictions and wall got overwhelmed and eventually demolished. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union Fell apart and eventually collapsed and was ended by the declaration 142-h of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. -
9/11 Attacks
two planes got taken over by a terrorist group and crashed into the world Trade Center north and south towers killing multiple people and scaring all of America.