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Berlin Airlift
Started when the Soviet forced blockages on raid, road, and water access to allied Controls of Berlin. The UK and US responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied air bases in western Germany. Ended when the Soviet forces lifted the blockage on land access to western Berlin -
Creation of NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officially laid down with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, or more commonly known as the Washington Treaty. The treaty formed the basis of the NATO -
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Korean War
Fought between North Korea and South Korea. North invaded South which started clashes along the border and rebellions -
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Vietnam War
Conflict in Vietnam, Loas, and Cambodia. It was the second Indochina war that was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union formed the alliance as counterbalance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It supplemented existing agreements, -
Sputnik
The USSR latched the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. It was launched on a huge rocket and orbited Earth for 29,000 kilometers (18,000 miles) per hour for three months. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR,East Germany). The wall cut off West Berlin completely and stopped them from surrounding East Germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis(pt1)
10/14: Missile launch sites were being built on Cuba by the Soviet Union and American U2 spy planes discovered it
10/16: President Kennedy got informed of the missiles and called a meeting of his advisers. They told him he can decide what action they should take.
10/22: Kennedy told the public about the missiles, decided to blockage Cuba and put the American forces on high alert -
Cuban Missile Crisis(pt2)
10/26: Khrushchev sent their first letter promising to remove the missiles off of Cuban if the blockage was lifted
10/27: Khrushchev sent their second letter a day later and demanded that American missiles should be removed off of Turkey
10/28: Kennedy accepted the first letter and they discussed a way to settle the crisis. They promised that the USA would remove missiles from Turkey, however this was not announced to the public at that time -
Moon Landing
07/16: Apollo 11 fly date
07/20: Millions of people gathered around their TV to watch two US astronauts land on the moon -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
NATO announced a change when the Cold War began all across eastern Europe. They announced that he wanted to change city relations with the west. Starting at midnight that say citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders.