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Second red scare
the United States government responded by raiding the headquarters of radical organizations and arresting thousands of suspected radicals. Several thousand who were aliens were deported. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post World War II -
Creation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO was an organization created in 1949 to assist in providing protection against the Soviet Union. -
Korean war
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea -
cuban revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a military and political effort to overthrow the government of Cuba -
space race
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals -
1960 U2 Incident
a United States spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while conducting photographic aerial reconnaissance deep inside Soviet territory. -
soviet invasion of czechoslovakia
the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was jointly invaded by four Warsaw Pact countries: the Soviet Union -
Vietnam war
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia -
fall of the soviet union
the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, formally establishing the dissolution of the Soviet Union as a sovereign state and subject of international law