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the Soviet Union blocked the railway, road, and water canal access to the sections of Berlin under Western control
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NATO is a formal alliance between the territories of North American and Europe. the main purpose was to defend each other from the possibility of the communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation.
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The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany
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Sputnik was the first artificial earth satellite launched by the soviet union.
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The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin.
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A 13 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union
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The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon,
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The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep Western Germany from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state
