The Cuban Missile Crisis was when USSR built missile bases in Cuba. This was a threat to the U.S. because the missiles could reach many major cities within the U.S.
Due to this threat, the United States wanted the missiles removed.
The main reason why revolution swept so many African nations following their independence from European rule was because there was a giant power vacuum that needed to be filled--usually by a dictator.
Even though Indonesia gained its independence from the Dutch, the country was still poor because Dutch used this country for crops and gave little investments to transportation, education, and health. With this fact, the economy of this country in that time was still progressing.
Boat races among the three continents
Soldiers from colonies around the world fought in the war. Colonies became a source of manpower and raw materials. European colonies were not passive, while there was war in Europe, they were actively involved in the fight.
