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CIA Founded
The CIA was created to spy in foreign countires, to get information on the spread and combat of Communism. -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Airlift was when America came to Berlin and dropped packages of supplies to keep the citizens of Berlin fed. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union in hopes of conquering Berlin and converting the government into a Communist one. -
NATO Formed
NATO was formed, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed with the signitures of 13 countries to combat Communism. -
Joe McCarthy Hunts for Communists
Senator Joe McCarthy releases the names of thsoe he believes are communists, sending the nation into a nation-wide communists hunt. -
Korean War
The Korean War was when North Korea invaded South Korea in hopes of taking it over, they managed to take most of South Korea before they were pushed back, most of their territory was lost. The South Koreans pushed North Korea back with the help of the United States, but China moved to help North Korea, after a few years of fighting a ceasefire was announced. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was formed between the Soviet Union and seen other countries in hopes of spreading communism. -
Suez Crisis
Gamal Abdel Nasser the President of Egypt, refuses to allow oil and other essential fossil fuels from reaching Eruope, thsi angers many and it starts with an attack by Israeli forces lead by Moshe Dayan. The United States came in a saved him. -
Fidel Castro takes over Cuba
Fidel Castro successfully takes over Cuba and becomes the president, -
Invasion of the Pigs
Untied States send an armed group of Cuban Exiles back to Cuba in hopes of overthrowing Fidel Castro, it fails miserably and -
Missiles Found.
U-2 American spy plane finds and photographs evidence of missiles in Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis Ends
Khrushchev agrees to remove the missiles from Cuba if America remove their missiles from Turkey.