Category: United Nations

Sub-Saharan Africa 1953

Mau Mau Uprising

By the early 1950s the failure of native...

Asia Pacific 1954

First Indochina War

In Indochina, France had been struggling with...

East Asia 1955

End of Soviet Influence in China

The Korean War was effectively ended with a...

Eastern Mediterranean 1956

Suez Crisis

In July 1956 President Nasser of Egypt...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1957

Independence of Ghana

Following World War II, the European colonies...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960

Congo Crisis

Belgium reluctantly granted its Congo colony...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960

UN Operation in the Congo

United Nations forces arrived in the Congo in...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960

French Withdrawal from Equatorial Africa

August 1960 was the high point in the Year of...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960

Fall of Lumumba

Faced with revolts in Katanga and South Kasai...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1961

Discord over the Congo

The deposing and later assassination of...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1961

UN Action Against Katanga

A major step towards defusing the Congo Crisis...

North America 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

US-Cuban relations quickly deteriorated as...

South America 1962

Cold War reaches Latin America

Less than a month after the signing of the Rio...

Australasia 1962

West New Guinea dispute

When the Netherlands recognized Indonesian...

Northern Eurasia 1963

Height of the Cold War

Although the Warsaw Pact was officially a...