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Cold War rebellions
Malayan EmergencyThe economic disruption of World War II on British Malaya led to widespread unemployment, low wages, and high levels of food price inflation.
Revolutions of 1989On the 14th of August 1980, a massive general strike erupted at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. Workers demanded better conditions and the right to…
ContrasIn July 1979, the FSLN took control of the capital Managua after weeks of heavy fighting. The president at the time, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, fled the…
Hungarian Revolution of 1956In 1945, the Red Army entered Budapest after a brutal siege that left the city in ruins. The Soviet Union established control over Hungary, transforming it…
Greek Civil WarIn April 1941, German forces advanced on Athens while King George II and his government fled to Egypt. They established a government-in-exile that lacked…
Afghan conflictIn July 1973, a cousin named Mohammad Daoud Khan walked into the palace of Kabul and ended forty years of peace. The monarch, King Zahir Shah, did not fight…