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27th June 1950: President Truman sends US navy and air force to Korea

27th June 2025
Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Communist, Containment, Korea, Korean War, North Korea, Truman, United Nations, USA

US President Harry S. Truman ordered air and naval forces to assist South Korea against an invasion by North Korea.

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24th September 1946: ‘Containment’ first suggested to President Truman in a report by Clark Clifford and George Elsey

24th September 2024
Tagged as: Cold War, Containment, Truman, Truman Doctrine, USA, USSR

Truman later ordered all copies to be brought to him and locked away since the content was a serious threat to US-Soviet relations.

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22nd February 1946: The ‘Long Telegram’ sent by George F. Kennan, a senior American diplomat in Moscow

22nd February 2024
Tagged as: America, Cold War, Containment, Diplomacy, George Kennan, Long Telegram, Moscow, Stalin, United States, USA, USSR

The Long Telegram emphasized that the Soviet Union was inherently expansionist and ideologically driven, and advocated for the restriction of Soviet influence rather than direct confrontation.

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27th June 1950: President Truman sends US navy and air force to Korea

24th September 1946: ‘Containment’ first suggested to President Truman in a report by Clark Clifford and George Elsey

22nd February 1946: The ‘Long Telegram’ sent by George F. Kennan, a senior American diplomat in Moscow

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

11th October 1521: King Henry VIII of England given the title Defender of the Faith by Pope Leo X

10th October 1780: The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills an estimated 22,000 people, making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record

9th October 1665: King Charles II moves Parliament to the University of Oxford to escape the Great Plague

8th October 1480: The Great Stand on the Ugra River by Ivan III

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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