The Prague Spring

How the reforms of Czechoslovakia's Alexander Dubček were crushed by the Soviet Union

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The Nigerian Civil War

The reasons behind the Nigeria civil war, also known as the Biafran civil war in 1967-70

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The Vietnam War

How did the United States become involved in a revolutionary war in South East Asia?

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The Abadan Crisis

Iran nationalised the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 1951 and the West arranged a coup d'etat

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The Greek Civil War

The Greek Civil War 1946-1949, as fascist and communist fought for control of the country

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The United Nations

How the devastation of World War Two led to the creation of the United Nations

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The Jordan and Egypt Defence Pact

The 1967 defence pact between Jordan and Egypt was a turning point in the Middle East

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Austrian Independence

In 1955, Austria recovered it's independence. But how and when did it lose it?

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South Africa leaves the Commonwealth

South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth in 1961 in defence of apartheid

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The 1973 Chilean Coup D'etat

President Pinochet's path to power and the torture and repression that kept him there

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The Creation of Bangladesh

In 1971 Bangladesh emerges from East Pakistan after a bloody civil war

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