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Berlin Blockade
was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control. -
Berlin Airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany -
Formation of NATO
north atlantic treaty organization -
National Security Council Report NSC-68
was a 58-paged top secret policy paper issued by the United States National Security Council -
Chinese Civil War (between Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong)
The Chinese Civil War was a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
In April 1951, President Truman fired MacArthur and replaced him with Gen. Matthew Ridgeway -
korean war
was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
The treaty called on the member states to come to the defense of any member attacked by an outside force and it set up a unified military command under Marshal Ivan S. Konev of the Soviet Union. -
Launching of Sputnik
when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
the world waited—seemingly on the brink of nuclear war—and hoped for a peaceful resolution to the Cuban Missile Crisis.