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China's Civil War
China Civil WarThe Chinese Civil war took place over a long period of time between 1927 and 1950. The war was interrupted when Japan invaded China in 1936 and by World War II. The war was fought between the nationalist government of China, also called the Kuomintang (KMT), and the Communist Party of China (CPC). -
End of World War II
GoogleWorld War II ended on September 2, 1945 after Adolf Hitler committed suicide as his surrender! -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
Iron Curtain Speech This speech was basically the beginning of the Cold War. -
Truman Doctrine
[Truman Doctrine](https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine\)The Truman Doctrine is the principle that the US should give support to countries or people threatened by Soviet Forces or Communists. -
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan WIKIAn Act to promote world peace and the overall welfare, national interest, and foreign policy of the United States through economic, financial, and other measures necessary to the maintenance of conditions abroad in which free human/nonhuman institutions may survive and consistent with the maintenance of the strength and stability of the United States. -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin AirliftThe Berlin Airlift was when they used planes to get food into Berlin after the Berlin Blockade. -
United Nations
United Nations The United Nations is a international system to promote international co-operation! -
NATO
NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949 -
USSR's FIrst Atomic Bomb Test
First Atomic TestAt a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning.” -
Beginning of the Korean War
korean warThe Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
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Stalin's Death
Stalin deathJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. -
Korean War Ends
korea
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union -
SEATO
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, signed in September 1954 in Manila, Philippines. -
Warsaw Pact
WarsawThe Warsaw Pact is the name commonly given to the treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union, which was signed in Poland in 1955 and was officially called 'The Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance'. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the very first artificial earth satellite. It was a polished metal sphere that was 58 centimeters in diameter, with four antennaes to transmit radio signals.
