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Berlin AIrlift
US and UK delivered more than 2.3 million tons of supplies (food, fuel, etc) to West Berlin via more than 278,000 airdrops. -
Creation of Nato
Formed with the signing of the Washinton Treaty. NATO is a security alliance of 30 countries from North America to Europe. -
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Korean war
The conflict between the democratic peoples Rebuplic of Korea(north) and the Republic of Korea(south) -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
A collective defense treaty was established by the Soviet Union and 7 other Soviet satellite states(in Central and Eastern Europe). -
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Vietnam War
A long, costly, and divisible war that pitted the Communist government of North Vietnam against Soth Vietnam and its ally the United States. -
Sputnik
The first artificial Satelight was launched in an elliptical low of Earth’s orbit by the Soviet Union. Part of the Soviet Space Program. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
An American U-2 spy plane secretly took pictures of nuclear missiles being built by the Soviet Union in Cuba. lasted from October 16, 1962- October 29, 1962. -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
Constructed by the German Democratic Republic, separating East Germany from West Germany(Berlin). -
Moon Landing
American astronaut Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans to step foot on the moon. -
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
The first step towards German reunification. The political, economic, and social impact of the Fall of the Berlin Wall weakened the already unstable East German government.