Cuba
Trained as a lawyer, this guerrilla fighter would rule Cuba as a communist dictatorship for nearly 50 years.
Who is Fidel Castro?
He was the leader of Egypt during the Suez Crisis
Who is Nasser?
This longtime communist led the resistance to French attempts to re-colonize Indochina
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
China officially became united under the Communist Party in this year.
What is 1949?
The US was able to persuade the Security Council to intervene in Korea because this country was boycotting it.
What is the USSR?
What is Florida?
These three countries colluded to launch a military invasion of the Suez zone after Nasser nationalizes it.
Who are the United Kingdom, France, and Israel?
The defeat of the French army was confirmed after much of its army surrendered in this two-month siege.
What is Dien Bien Phu?
The Sino-Soviet split began when this new Soviet premier denounces Stalin in 1956
Who is Nikolai Khrushchev?
He was the US President at the start of the Korean War.
Who is Harry Truman?
To resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy agreed to secretly remove nuclear missiles from these two countries.
What are Turkey and Italy?
Israeli troops attacked Egypt across this peninsula.
What is the Sinai?
The Geneva Accords of 1954 agreed to divide Vietnam at this parallel.
What is the 17th?
Chinese foreign minister Chou En-Lai gave the keynote address at the first non-aligned meeting in this Indonesian city.
What is Bandung?
The country launched a massive invasion when UN troops approached its border.
What is China?
The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted this many days.
What is 13?
The Suez Crisis took place during this year?
What is 1956?
Unpopular at home, the Indochine War was given this nickname by the left-wing media
What is the 'dirty war' (sale guerre)?
Finally unified under communism, China extended its power territorially in 1950 by taking control of this strategic plateau
What is Tibet?
After Japan's defeat in World War II, its former colony of Korea was divided at this parallel.
What is the 38th parallel?
Photos taken from this specially-designed reconnaissance aircraft confirmed the presence of nuclear missiles on Cuba.
What is a U-2 plane?
Egypt nationalised the canal because it needed money to finance this electricity-generating project.
What is the Aswan Dam?
South Vietnam's new ruler, Ngo Dinh Diem, was unpopular in part because he was Catholic and most Vietnamese practiced this religion.
What is Buddhism?
China obtained nuclear weapons in this year
What is 1964?
The Korean War began and ended in this years.