The Berlin Wall (1961) Background The Berlin Wall, one of the ugliest and most powerful symbols of the Cold War, was a fortified concrete barrier erected in 1961 between East and West Berlin, with the former being known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) allied with the Soviet Union, while the latter […]

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October 1956 – 11 November 1956) Background The Hungarian Revolution was a nationwide protest opposing the Soviet Union’s control of the Hungarian People’s Republic after the death of Soviet premier Joseph Stalin. Cause Of The Hungarian Revolution The people of Hungary had lost faith in communism because, for all

American Civil War (1861 – 1865) Background The United States Civil War (also known as the American Civil War and the war between the states) was a bloody and divisive conflict between the Union Army (or the North) and the Confederate States of America (the South) over the institution of slavery, states’ rights, and western

The Korean War (1950-1953) Background The deterioration of Soviet-American relations after World War II came to a head when, on June 25, 1950, over 80,000 troops of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (also known as North Korea) invaded her close-door neighbour, South Korea, where they were able to capture the capital, Seoul, in just

The First Gulf War (1990–1991) The Gulf War was a conflict between a coalition of the largest international troops since World War II — under the authority of the UN and led by the US, with support and permission from Arab countries in an attack code-named Operation Desert Storm — and Saddam Hussein (whose Iraqi