Cold War

By Trinity Jarvis

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    U.S. and Britain pilots began delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin

  • Creation Of NATO

    Creation Of NATO
    First peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the western hemisphere

  • Creation of Warsaw Pact

    Creation of Warsaw Pact
    A mutual defense organization that put the Soviets n command of the armed forces.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The Soviet Union created the world's first artificial satellite, it was the size of a basketball and weighed about 183

  • Construction of Berlin Wall

    Construction of Berlin Wall
    The wall cut off East Germany from west Germany. Was created by East Germany Democratic Republic

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    A direct and dangerous confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was when two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.

  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing
    The United States were the first nation to sent someone to the moon, and the persons name was Neil Armstrong.

  • Destruction of Berlin Wall

    Destruction of Berlin Wall
    At midnight, the spokesman for East Berlin Communist Party said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's boarders