Truman Doctrine

March 12, 1947 · Washington, D.C.

US policy announced by Harry Truman to support free peoples against communist pressure, starting with aid to Greece and Turkey; it marked the start of containment in the Cold War.

Key people

Harry S. Truman President of the United States

Participants

Battles and events 1

Cold War March 12, 1947 – December 26, 1991
- First Indochina War December 19, 1946 – August 1, 1954
  - Battle of Route Coloniale 4 September 16 – October 18, 1950
  - Battle of Hòa Bình November 10, 1951 – February 25, 1952
  - Battle of Dien Bien Phu March 13 – May 7, 1954
- 1949 Syrian coup d'état March 29, 1949
- North Atlantic Treaty April 4, 1949
- 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état June 18–27, 1954
- Algerian War of Independence November 1, 1954 – March 19, 1962
  - Toussaint Rouge November 1, 1954
  - Philippeville massacre August 20–25, 1955
  - Battle of Algiers (1956–1957) January 7 – October 8, 1957
  - Challe Plan February 1, 1959 – April 1, 1961
- Sino-Soviet split 1956 – 1966
- Hungarian Revolution of 1956 October 23 – November 10, 1956
- Suez Crisis October 29 – November 7, 1956
- Laotian Civil War May 23, 1959 – December 2, 1975
- Congo Crisis July 5, 1960 – November 25, 1965
  - Assassination of Patrice Lumumba January 17, 1961
- Bay of Pigs Invasion April 17–20, 1961
- Construction of the Berlin Wall August 13, 1961
- Sino-Indian War October 20 – November 21, 1962
- Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty August 5, 1963
- Cambodian Civil War March 11, 1967 – April 17, 1975
- Bangladesh War of Independence March 26 – December 16, 1971
  - Battle of Garibpur November 20–21, 1971
  - Battle of Hilli November 22 – December 18, 1971
  - Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 December 3–16, 1971
- Nixon's visit to China February 21–28, 1972
- Helsinki Accords August 1, 1975
- Angolan Civil War November 11, 1975 – April 4, 2002
- Mozambican Civil War May 30, 1977 – October 4, 1992
- Cambodian–Vietnamese War December 21, 1978 – September 26, 1989
- Sino-Vietnamese War February 17 – March 16, 1979
- Reykjavík Summit October 11–12, 1986
- Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty December 8, 1987
- 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre April 15 – June 4, 1989
- Romanian Revolution December 16–27, 1989