Cold War World History

  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain
    Winston Churchill was involved. He was delivering a message heard around the world.It happened in Fulton,Missouri U.S. It happened because he wanted the people to see why it was a problem.He gave his speech,and read it to the public
  • Marshall plan

    Marshall plan
    The United States and the European Countries.The Marshall Plan was an American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe It happened when Secretary of State George Marshall proposed in a speech at Harvard University.It was to aid in the economic recovery of nations after WWII and to reduce the influence of Communist parties.It happened to help war reparations after WWII.
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    Germany and the Soviet Union were involved.Germany and the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railway,road,and canal access.This happened in the Western side of Berlin.This happened because the main cause of the Berlin Blockade was the Cold War, which was just getting started, Stalin was taking over eastern Europe.It happened because Czechoslovakia had just turned Communist.
  • Communist take over China

    Communist take over China
    The Communist were involved in this event.Chinese revolution of 1949 was a revolution in China that was led by the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China. Chiang Kai-shek, 600,000 Nationalist troops, and about two million Nationalist refugees retreated to the island of Taiwan.It was the second part of the Chinese Civil War. In the Chinese media, this period is known as the War of Liberation
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    North Korea was supplied by the soviet union, invaded the south. It began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel, and invaded non-Communist South Korea.The war took place in Korea.The wanted to invade non-communist Korea.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The United States and the Soviet union were involved.It was a direct and dangerous conformation between the United States and the soviet Union during the cold war.It happened in Cuba.The United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.
  • Revolt in Czechoslovakia

    Revolt in Czechoslovakia
    Alexander Dubček was involved in the Revolt in Czechoslovakia.The Russians didn't like how he was making Czechoslovakia,"A free Country."This Happened in Czechoslovakia when the Russian's invaded when they didn't like how Dubček was ruling.The Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion to cracked down on reformist trends in Prague.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    South Vietnam,U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, New Zealand, Thailand, Khmer Republic were involved.South Vietnam was backed by anti-communist countries and members of the South East Asia Treaty Organization.The war took place in Vietnam,North Vietnam,South Vietnam,and Cambodia.It was a conflict between the communist and capitalist countries.It started byViet Minh forces won the Battle of Dien Bien,and if the communist won,they would've spread communism and become a threat.
  • Cultural Revolution

    Cultural Revolution
    China´s Communist leader Mao Zedong.Mao alleged that bourgeois had infiltrated the government and society at large,aiming to restore capitalism.It happened in China.Mao Zedong wanted to renew the spirit of communism.Mao Zedong took precaution of his government and society,because he wanted china to be a communist country.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    Harry Truman was involved with the Truman Doctrine.It was an american policy whose started purpose was to counter Soviet during the cold war.The speech was declaring economic and military aid to the governments of Greece.It happened because Truman Asked congress for 400 million in military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece.Truman wanted to have Turkey and Greece allied.