Cold War (1948–1953)
| Cold War (1948–1953) | ||||||
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1953 World Map of alignments. | ||||||
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Western Bloc: United States United Kingdom Marshall Plan (until 1949) NATO (from 1949) Republic of China (until 1949) Republic of China (Taiwan) (from 1949) / South Korea |
Eastern Bloc: Soviet Union Molotov Plan (until 1949) Comecon (from 1949) Chinese Communists (until 1949) People's Republic of China (from 1949) North Korea (1950–1953) |
Anti-Soviet socialist state: Yugoslavia (from 1948) | ||||
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The Cold War (1948–1953) is the period within the Cold War from the incapacitation of the Allied Control Council in 1948 to the conclusion of the Korean War in 1953.
The list of world leaders in these years is as follows:
- 1948–49: Clement Attlee (UK); Harry Truman (US); Joseph Stalin (USSR); Chiang Kai-shek (China)
- 1950–51: Clement Attlee (UK); Harry Truman (US); Joseph Stalin (USSR); Mao Zedong (Communist China)
- 1952–53: Winston Churchill (UK); Harry Truman (US); Joseph Stalin (USSR); Mao Zedong (Communist China)