Communism Timeline by Reyes, Arissa https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w en-us 2021-04-01 15:51:46 UTC 2021-04-01 22:14:58 UTC hello@padlet.com Korean armistice ~ July 27, 1953 2507693 https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376792981 The Korean armistice is something that was signed by Nam II and William K. Harrison Jr. to end the Korean War. However, it is NOT a peace treaty, which is why North and South Korea remain hostile towards each other to this day. The border dividing North Korea and South is also the most heavily-guarded border in the world.]]> 2021-04-01 21:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376792981 Potsdam Conference ~ Jul 17, 1945 2507693 https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376799962 The Potsdam Conference was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state. Featuring American President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin.
The leaders arrived at various agreements on the German economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries and reparations.
]]> 2021-04-01 21:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376799962 Korean War ~ Jun 25, 1950 2507693 https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376815886 The Korean War was a war fought between South Korea and communist North Korea. It was the first major conflict of the Cold War. While North Korea was supported by the Soviet Union, the United States supported South Korea. The war ended with little resolution, because of this the countries are still divided to this day. Adding on, North Korea is still ruled by a communist regime.]]> 2021-04-01 21:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376815886 Berlin Wall built ~ August 13, 1961 2507693 https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376822171 The Berlin walls construction began on August 13,1961 and was finished on the same day. The wall stood standing until November 9, 1989. It was constructed to keep communist inside. The Capitalist were stuck inside the barrier on the West side of Berlin. The East side of Berlin was for Communist. At first, the wall was constructed of barbed wire, they then put a concrete wall over it. This wall tore families and friends apart. People were not allowed to pass, even to just visit their families.]]> 2021-04-01 21:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376822171 Fall of the Berlin Wall ~ November 9, 1989 2507693 https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376825769 On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders. The fall of the Berlin Wall was a good thing for Berlin. To explain, Eastern European countries were then given the freedom of movement, which allowed them to relocate to Western Europe.]]> 2021-04-01 21:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376825769 Winston Churchill delivers the Iron Curtain Speech ~ March 5, 1946 2507693 https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376832452 The Iron Curtain Speech was a speech done by Winston Churchill on March 5, 1946, at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.In the Iron Curtain speech, Churchill said that behind an "Iron Curtain" were all the capitals of central and Eastern Europe, and that they were under the control of Moscow.
Churchill blamed USSR for this problem.
]]> 2021-04-01 21:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376832452 Bay of Pigs in Cuba ~ Apr 17, 1961 2507693 https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376836675 The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution.]]> 2021-04-01 21:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376836675 Warsaw Pact formed ~ May 14, 1955 2507693 https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376840479 The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and seven other soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe is existence during the cold war.]]> 2021-04-01 21:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376840479 Yalta Conference ~ Feb 4, 1945 2507693 https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376842650 The Yalta Conference took place in a Russian resort town in the Crimea from February 4-11, 1945, during World War Two. At Yalta, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin made important decisions regarding the future progress of the war and the postwar world.]]> 2021-04-01 21:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376842650 Tet Offensive ~ Jan 31, 1968 2507693 https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376844448 The TET offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. Launched on January 30, 1968, the members of the Vietcong and North Vietnamese army launched a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian commands and control centers throughout South Vietnam.]]> 2021-04-01 21:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/2507693/o7y46q1fb6il4u6w/wish/1376844448