Cold War

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    U.S. and British began delivering food and supplies to Berlin
  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO
    A treaty between the U.S. and European countries, that means they will defend each other in case the Warsaw tried to take over their land
  • Creation of Warsaw Pact

    Creation of Warsaw Pact
    The USSR and 7 other countries signes a pact that made the USSR control the other armies of those countries
  • Construction of Berlin Wall

    Construction of Berlin Wall
    The wall seperated western and eastern berlin, they were not able to cross to the other side
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    A dangerous moment when the U.S. and the USSR came close to a nuclear conflict
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The USSR sent the first artifical satellite, size of a basketball and about 183 pounds
  • Moon landing

    Moon landing
    Apollo 11 was the first mission to land on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first to walk on the moon.
  • Destruction of Berlin Wall

    Destruction of Berlin Wall
    The spokesman for the Easterns communist party left everyone pass the wall