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Berlin Airlift
Soviet blocked western allies railway road and canal access to sectors of berlin -
Creation of NATO
to secure peace in europe to promote cooperation among member and protect and guard freedom -
Korean War
north korea invaded south korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in south korea -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
Soviet formed this as a counter block to the North Atlantic Treaty organization (Nato) also wanted to increase military cooperation -
Sputnik
Soviet Union launched the first satellite which scared the US because we feared that they were making and building new products a lot faster than we were -
Moon landing
Apollo 11 first crewed mission to land on moon Neil armstrong was the first man on the moon -
Construction of Berlin Wall
to keep facist from entering east germany and undermining socialist state -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was a 35 day Confrontation between the US and Soviet Union quickly became a International crisis after america deployed missiles -
Vietnam War
conflict in vietnam that took place in north and south vietnam US lost this war -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
Marked the falling of the iron curtain also started the fall of communism in eastern and central europe