Explains President Truman's plan to contain communism, which signaled the end of American isolationism. Also discusses America's pledge of financial aid to rebuild Europe with the Marshall Plan.

Brief lesson on the life and career of George C. Marshall with link to audio of Marhsall's address.

Describes how the Soviets under Stalin managed to infiltrate Eastern European countries and establish Communist governments, dividing the continent into East and West with a symbolic Iron Curtain separating the two. America scrambled to...

A biography written about George C. Marshall, 3rd Secretary of Defense under the Truman Administration.

Ontario's Office of the Fire Marshal provides farmers with this fire safety checklist to help them in preventing fires on their properties.

Details on how the Marshall Plan was the major event that led to the blockade of West Berlin by the Soviets.

Following his resignation from the Senate, Aaron Burr becomes involved in plans that some feel are taking on a traitorous cast. He is eventually brought to trial. A chronology, biographies of key figures and historical documents from the...

This encyclopedia article gives biographical information about Whitney Young, civil rights leader and president of the National Urban League.

Describes what happened to Germany at the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, how it was divided into East and West Germany with the construction of the Berlin Wall. Western countries worked to rehabilitate their half of...

This commentary summarizes the Normandy Invasion, from its plan to its execution, intertwined with passages of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's prayer to the nation on June 6, 1944.