Cold War Era
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- Cold War From Spartacus Educational, this online encyclopedia contains biographies of political and military leaders and articles on issues, events, and organizations from the Cold War era.
- Cold War Museum Tour some virtual exhibit on the Berlin Wall, weaponry, and reconnaissance aircraft used or developed during the Cold War.
- Diefenbunker Museum This Canadian Cold War Museum is housed in a four-story underground bunker which was built to protect top Canadian officials during a nuclear war.
- NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed in 1949. On the official website, you can find out about NATO's history, view photos and videos, and more.
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Germany |
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- The Berlin Airlift Contains documents, photographs, oral histories, and audio files relating to the Berlin airlift between 1948-1952 from the Truman Library.
- Berlin Wall Online Explore the history of the Berlin Wall with historic and present day photographs, a timeline, related links, and more.
- Voices of U.S. Diplomacy and the Berlin Wall Explores the role of diplomacy in the fate of the Berlin Wall.
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Eastern Europe |
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- Lech Walesa Institute Presents a biography of Lech Walesa, a co-founder of the Polish Solidarity labor union, Nobel Prize laureate, and former Polish President as well as information about his institute.
- Making the History of 1989: The Fall of Communism Chronicles the events leading up to and the events that brought the end of communism in Eastern Europe with articles, primary sources, interviews, and more.
- The Prague Spring Archive Chronicles the liberties that were put in place in Czechoslovakia in January, 1968 until the Soviets occupied the nation in April of that year.
- Pushing Back the Curtain Explores the fall of communism in East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania in 1989--from the BBC News.
- The Romanian Revolution of December, 1989 Dr. Richard Andrew Hall is a CIA analyst who has done extensive research on the revolution that ended communism in Romania.
- Vaclav Havel The official website of Vaclav Havel, writer, a leader of the Velvet Revolution, and the first president of the Czech Republic.
- The Velvet Revolution and Its Consequences Summarizes the peaceful revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1989 which led to the communist party relinquishing power.
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Yugoslavia |
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- Communist Yugoslavia: Bosnian Chronicle (1945-1991) Highlights the history of Yugoslavia as a communist state including the reign of Tito and the fall of communist rule.
- Yugoslavia Disintegrates Presents the history of Yugoslavia from its creation after World War I to the War in Kosovo.
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