1951 ⟶ US Offers Aid to Communist Yugoslavia

President Harry Truman asks Congress for U.S. military and e...
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🛡️ Tito Heads Yugoslav Provisional Government

Josip Broz Tito is installed as the head of the provisional government of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia.⟶
Tito Heads Yugoslav Provisional Government (1945)
YugoslaviaTitoCommunistBalkansPost-WarGovernmentEastern EuropeCold War

💔 Yugoslavia Expelled from COMINFORM

The Soviet Union expels Yugoslavia from the Communist Information Bureau (COMINFORM) for the latter's position on the Greek Civil War.⟶
Yugoslavia Expelled from COMINFORM (1948)
YugoslaviaCOMINFORMSoviet UnionStalinTitoCold WarCommunismEastern EuropeGreek Civil War

💰 US Offers Aid to Communist Yugoslavia

President Harry Truman asks Congress for U.S. military and economic aid for the communist nation of Yugoslavia.⟶
US Offers Aid to Communist Yugoslavia (1951)
YugoslaviaUS AidCold WarTitoEastern EuropeInternational RelationsGeopolitics

🛡️ Truman Signs Mutual Security Act

President Harry S. Truman signs the Mutual Security Act, announcing to the world, and its communist powers in particular, that the U.S. was prepared to provide military aid to "free peoples".⟶
Truman Signs Mutual Security Act (1951)
US Foreign PolicyMilitary AidCold WarContainmentAnti-CommunismTrumanInternational Relations

🤝 Balkan Pact Signed by Yugoslavia, Greece, and Turkey

Balkan Pact is signed by Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. The pact's main objective is to deter Soviet expansionism.⟶
Balkan Pact Signed by Yugoslavia, Greece, and Turkey (1953)
Balkan PactYugoslaviaGreeceTurkeyCold WarAlliancesSoviet UnionEastern Europe

⚰️ Death of Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito, communist leader of Yugoslavia since 1945, dies at the age of 87 in Ljubljana.⟶
Death of Josip Broz Tito (1980)
YugoslaviaTitocommunismCold WarEastern Europepolitical transitionleadershipWarsaw Pact