1955 ⟶ Warsaw Pact Signed

May 14: Signing of the Warsaw Pact.
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💥 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Suppression

April – May: Warsaw Ghetto uprising fails.⟶
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Suppression (1943)
World War IIHolocaustResistanceJewish HistoryNazi GermanyEastern FrontRebellionHuman Rights
PolandPolandGermanyGermany

🧱 Berlin Blockade Initiated by Soviet Union

June 24: Berlin Blockade begins.⟶
Berlin Blockade Initiated by Soviet Union (1948)
Cold WarBerlinSoviet UnionBlockadePost-WarGeopoliticsContainment
GermanyGermanySoviet UnionSoviet UnionUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited KingdomUnited KingdomFranceFrance

🏢 COMECON Established

January 5 – 8: COMECON founded by USSR and the Eastern Bloc.⟶
COMECON Established (1949)
Cold WarEastern BlocSoviet UnionEconomic CooperationTradeSocialismPost-WarGeopoliticsIron Curtain
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🤝 Warsaw Pact Signed

May 14: Signing of the Warsaw Pact.⟶
Warsaw Pact Signed (1955)
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🇭🇺 Soviet Suppression of the Hungarian Revolution

November 11: The Hungarian Uprising crushed by Soviet troops.⟶
Soviet Suppression of the Hungarian Revolution (1956)
Cold WarSoviet UnionEastern BlocRevolutionRebellionIron CurtainCommunismKhrushchev
HungaryHungarySoviet UnionSoviet Union

🇨🇿 Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia

January – August: Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia crushed by the Eastern Bloc military intervention.⟶
Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)
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