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Berlin Airlift
A blockade that stopped land access to western berlin. There was no gunfire or shooting caused by this. This ordeal lasted for 11 months. -
Creation of NATO
This was a thing that Unnited States,Canda, and Western Europens created to basiclly procet them from the USSR. This was important because of the fact that this ended a big fight and procet peoples freedom. -
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Korean War
almost 40,000 Americans were killed and nearly 100,000 were wounded. It was a decently long war being 3 years long. There were millions of casualties caused by this war. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
The Creation of Warsaw was a defense treaty from the USSR. This treaty was basically for east europe and central states. Albania withdrew from this treaty in 1968 -
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Vietnam War
Vietnman war start because the ongoing cold war between USSR and the United states. This war was a conflict between South Vietman and North Vietman and its principal ally United States. This was a very long and costly war -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first “artificial” space station and it started the space race. This raised tensions in the cold war. Then this made the U.S. fight harder to be better than the U.S.S.R. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
The plan for the berlin wall was to cut off access to west berlin. The wall was made from barbed wire and concrete blocks. 100 people died from trying to escape the wall. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
For 13 days everyone was preparing for a nuclear war. The U.S. and the U.S.S.R had issues with each other after an American pilot photographed a soviet missile being assembled. There was a blockade that was made in Cuba to stop it. -
Moon landing
Moon landing was a 4 day trip in a module eagle space carrier. After 4 days neil armstrong was the first man to ever step foot on the moon. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
Over half a million people protested the Berlin wall 5 days before it was taken down. This was also causing communism to become obsolete. People destroyed the wall by chipping away at it.