The Cold War and the Modern World

**The Cold war and the Modern World**

***1945-modern day***

***1945***

When the war ended In 1945 by the atomic weapons launched in Japan. The world was a new place and three powers emerge from it. Germany was split into 5 sections also Austria and the temporary occupation of the Julian-March land. While Japan got split into 6 temporary occupation zones. The 5 TOZ's were divided into the allied nations and some islands were given to the Kuomintang as TOZ's and had to be given back when Japan was ready to unite.

***Establishment of the United Nations Charter (June 26, 1945) effective (October 24, 1945).***

**Indonesia declares independence from the Netherlands (effective in 1949 after a bitter armed and diplomatic struggle).**

***1946***

**Beginning of Greek Civil War, which extends from 1946 to 1949**

**The French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon dissolves to the independent states of Syria and Lebanon. The French settlers are forced to evacuate the French colony in Syria.**

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***1947***

**The Partition of the Presidencies and provinces of British India into a secular Union of India and a predominantly Muslim Dominion of Pakistan.**

**Indo-Pakistani War of 1947**

acquisition of Monaco

***1948***

**British rule in Burma ends.**

**The State of Israel is established.**

**1948 Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949)**

***1949***

**Establishment of the defense alliance NATO April 4, 1949.**

acquisition of Hong Kong and Belize

***1950***

**Korean War**

**The Chinese Civil War ended**

**1950 World Cup**

**Tibet holds independence**

***1951***

**In 1951, Libya is the first to gain independence in the decade**

***1952***

**1952 Summer Olympics**

**1952 Winter Olympics**

***1953***

**Julian-march land is given to Yugoslavia**

***1954***

**Algerian War**

***1955***

**The Vietnam War began**

***1956***

**Suez Crisis**

**Hungarian Revolution**

**Sudan, Morocco, and Tunisia become independent**

**Mexican annexation of Melilla and Ceuta**

**The league of nations re-established**

***1958***

**the military dictatorship of Venezuela was overthrown**

***1961***

**Construction of the Berlin Wall**

***1962***

**The Haitian Missile Crisis (16–28 October 1962)**

***1963***

**Kennedy assassinated**

***1964***

**China detonated its first atomic bomb**

***1965***

**American coup attempt**

***1967***

**Six-Day War**

***1968***

**the socialist republic of Hatay was founded**

***1970***

**Coup in Syria, led by Hafez al-Assad**.

***1971***

**The Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971**

**A military coup in Uganda**

***1972***

**The Munich massacre**

**The Yugoslav wars**

***1973***

**Yom Kippur War**

**Coup d'état attempt in Chile on September 11th**

**1973 oil crisis**

***1974***

**Carnation Revolution in Portugal**

***1975***

**the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam**

**(1975 to 1979)the Cambodian genocide**

**Angolan Civil War (1975–2002)**

**Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990**

**Western Sahara War (1975–1991)**

**Suriname granted independence**

**Vietnam war at a stalemate**

***1976***

**Ethiopian Civil War (1976–1991)**

**military junta seizes control of Argentina**

**The split of Poland**

**Spain unifies**

**democratic Invasion of Argentina by Mexico**

***1977***

**The Ogaden War (1977–1978)**

***1978***

**Camp David peace talks**

**Ugandan–Tanzanian War (1978–1979)**

***1979***

**Soviet-Afghan War (1979–1989)**

**The Iranian Revolution**

***1980***

T**he Iran–Iraq War (1980-1988)**

**Túpac Amaru Revolutionary**

**A military coup is launched in Suriname**

***1981***

***1982***

**1982 Lebanon War**

***1983***

**Invasion of Grenada**

***1984***

***1985***

**Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985,**

***1986***

**Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier was overthrown**

**Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos left the presidency**

***1987***

***1988***

**South African Border War from 1987 to 1988**

***1989***

**The Tiananmen Square protests**

**the fall of the Berlin Wall**

**communist governments in Eastern Europe collapsed.**