cold war

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  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    Truman ordered a massive airlift of supplies into west berlin

  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO
    (north atlantic treaty organization) first peaceful military alliance

  • Creation of Warsaw Pact

    Creation of Warsaw Pact
    A defence treaty signed in Wassaw Berlin. "Treaty Of Friendship"

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    the first earth satellite launched into space by the soviet union

  • Construction of Berlin Wall

    Construction of Berlin Wall
    East Germany begins building the wall to divide East and West Berlin.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    Direct and dangerous confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union. They came close to nuclear conflict.

  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing
    Created Apollo 11,to be better than Soviets.

  • Destruction of Berlin wall

    Destruction of Berlin wall
    people used hammers, picks, cranes and bulldozers and tore apart the wall