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Berlin Airlift
The Berlin airlift was a 1940's military operation that had supplied the west of Berlin with food and other goods by the transportation of air after the soviet blockaded the city. -
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Berlin Airlift
The soviet Union forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-Controlled areas of Berlin -
Creation of NATO
NATO was founded after the Second World War. NATO's fundamental goal was to safeguard the Allies' freedom and security by military and political means. Belgium is in charge of NATO. -
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Creation of NATO
Its purpose was to secure peace in Europe, to promote cooperation among its members and to guard their freedom -
Korean war
The Korean war was a conflict and it was between the South and North Korea. Around 2.5 lost their lives. The causes of the Korean war was ideological and political. The overall cause was because the communist side desired to secure Korean peninsula and incorporate it in a communist bloc. -
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Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea. -
Creation of the Warsaw pact
The Warsaw pact was created by the soviet union as a counter-balance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Warsaw pact also supplemented any agreements. -
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Creation of Warsaw pact
Formally known as Treaty-friendship. It was a collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other soviet satellite states in the central and Eastern Europe -
Vietnam war
The Vietnam war was caused by three main things the spread of communism during the cold war, American containment, European imperialism in Vietnam. -
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Vietnam War
The gulf of Ton kin incident was the reason for the Vietnam war and the Vietnam war pitted communist North Vietnam and Viet Cong against south Vietnam and the united states -
Sputnik
The sputnik was the very first artificial satellite. The sputnik became intimidating to the U.S. because it made them fear because the Soviets were more successful and the U.S. military had fallen behind of new technologies. -
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Sputnik
The Sputnik was the first artificial satellite that was launched in Gagarins start. The United States and the Soviet Union were involved with this satellite. -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
Overall the Berlin wall was a guarded concrete barrier that was created to stop people from crossing back and forth. It was created with barbed wire and cinder blocks. -
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Construction of Berlin Wall
The wall was a guarded concrete barrier that divided Berlin. It encircled West Berlin, separating it from East German territory. Construction of the wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was mainly caused by Communist revolution in 1959, Castro support for communism, Bay of pigs disaster in 1961, Castro support from the USSR. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
It was a major confrontation that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the precesensce of Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic missiles in cuba -
Moon landing
The moon landing was completed first by Neil Armstrong and took around 110 hours to reach that point. -
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Moon landing
It was the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon. This also includes both robotic missions and crewed missions. -
destruction of the Berlin wall
German troop finally and officially began dismantling the wall. -
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Destruction of Berlin Wall
At midnight the German’s tore the wall down and not Mr.Gorbachev.