Cold war map by Toby Almasi

The Berlin Wall

ta3867 — 2025-01-21 20:14:31 UTC

The Berlin wall was a wall constructed that divided east and west Germany from each other the reason for this was because east Germany was occupied by the USSR and was a 155 km long 12 foot high wall and was mostly used to stop people fleeing into west Germany to escape the oppression of the USSR

The Vietnam War

ta3867 — 2025-01-22 20:03:20 UTC

The Vietnam war was a long lasting conflict between America and Vietnam which ended lots of civilian lives. America eventually withdrew there forces in late 1973

Cuban missile crisis

ta3867 — 2025-01-22 20:25:06 UTC

The Cuban missile crisis was a very tense time between the USSR and the US that involved lots of missiles pointed at each other and almost led to nuclear warfare because US forces fired warning shots at them and they took it as an act of war and two out of three people readied the nukes almost leading to nuclear war

Korean war

ta3867 — 2025-01-23 20:04:50 UTC

The Korean war split Korea into two different directions north Korea and south Korea this conflict started because two leaders of Korea both had different world views

Cambodian Genocide

ta3867 — 2025-01-23 20:10:54 UTC

the Cambodian genocide was a systemic persecution of people in Cambodia and was started by the prime minister when pro-Maoism sparked a revolution in Cambodia

Bay of pigs

ta3867 — 2025-01-28 18:08:17 UTC

The Bay Of Pigs was a failed military invasion led by America on Cuba that attemptted to take control of Cuba and their military as to stop the spread of communisim

Space race

ta3867 — 2025-01-28 18:10:47 UTC

The space race was a race in between the Soviet union and America where the Soviet union launched Sputnick this was finally ended when the Soviet union and America developed a space station together after America reached the moon

Truman Doctorine

ta3867 — 2025-01-28 18:16:15 UTC

The Truman doctrine was signed by Truman and it stated that America would support financial and military support to countries to stop the spread of communisim

Hungarian invasion by Soviet union

ta3867 — 2025-01-28 18:19:48 UTC

There was an uprising in Hungary that was mostly suppressed to form more democratic laws but the soviet union fought back and invaded Hungary where they adopted communisim

start of cold war

ta3867 — 2025-01-28 21:11:51 UTC

the cold war started because the nazis surrendered and the soviet union and britain were falling apart

rise of communisim in russia

ta3867 — 2025-01-28 21:13:58 UTC

people in Russia grew uneasy and wanted to fight in the war leading to a rise in communisim

Russian revolution

ta3867 — 2025-01-28 21:15:16 UTC

the Russian revolution was a revolution where the bolshevicks siezed control of Russia leading to the rise of the USSR in 1917

Nagasaki

ta3867 — 2025-01-28 21:17:11 UTC

America bombed Japan first to test out his first atomic bombs as a reaction to them attacking pearl harbour

China makes pact with USSR

ta3867 — 2025-01-28 21:18:11 UTC

China makes a pact with the USSR makig them a powerful enemy

Philippines allied with America

ta3867 — 2025-01-28 21:20:05 UTC

America granted independence to the Phillipines after they allied with them in 1946

China comes under the reign on mao

ta3867 — 2025-01-28 21:21:55 UTC

Maon takes control of china which leads to misues of power leading to lots of death and a famine