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Berlin Airlift
when Soviet forces blockaded rail road, road, and water access to allied- controlled areas of Berlin. America and the United Kingdom airlifted food and fuel to Berlin from allied air bases in Western Germany. -
Creation of NATO
Created by the U.S, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. -
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Korean War
The first military action of the cold war. It was fought between South Korea and communist North Korea. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
A political and military alliance including the Soviet Union and several Eastern European Countries. -
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Vietnam War
a long conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its ally the U.S. -
Sputnik
A sputnik is a series of 3 artificial earth satellites. The Soviet Union was the first to launch. A basketball sized satellite that became the first manmade object to orbit earth. -
Construction of berlin Wall
It was built by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet controlled East Berlin to West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
An American spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. President Kennedy did not want the Soviet Union to know what he had found. -
Moon Landing
Neil Armstrong was the first ever man to step foot on the moon, the moon landing is called Apollo 11 and it was to complete a national goal set by the president John F. Kennedy -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
during the peaceful revolution a crucial event which marked the destruction of the Berlin wall and the figurative iron curtain. It caused the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe.