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Berlin Airlift
The United states airlifted food and fuel to germany.soviet forces blockaded on all roads.the u.s used containment to stop the spread of communism.the US used containment to stop the spread of communism so the Soviets built a wall separating west and east Berlin -
Creation of NATO
Nato focused on collective defense.the alliance's creation was part of the broader effort.nato had success reflected through the cold war.the success brought security and stable agreements. -
Korean War
the USSR and China were fighting over who should pay for the bill.this war made families split and created a bunch of wars.the Korean war was a success. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw treaty was political. Also military that includes the soviet union with other european countries.They also had a north alliance that was created to protect canada and western and europeans nations -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war happened because they were bombing them and they wouldn't stop.the biggest war had 1,600 people killed.the last event that happened was south vietnam surrendered to communist forces. -
Sputnik
A sputnik was a basketball sized satellite that became the first manmade object to orbit the earth.it was participating in the american sputnik crisis which triggered the space race.they proved that they were the first people to put a human in space. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
the wall would prevent the west from having further influence.the united states commanded the wall and that caused families to divide and limit freedom.the berlins also had to cut off their jobs so they lost everything they had witch changed a lot of people and their relationships with their family -
Cuban Missile Crisis
the soviet union began to secretly install missiles in cuba to launch attacks on the u.s cities.they brought the two superpowers to the war before an agreement was reached to withdraw the missiles.u.s spies also took pictures of the solvent unit building missiles. -
moon landing
12 men have walked on the moon.The effect was that we were developing new technologies.The U.S had beaten the Soviets in the space race. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall would prevent the west from having further influences on the east.The U.S condemned a wall.Berlin was at the heart of the cold war,they kept adding walls and people kept dying trying to go to the west.