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Berlin Airlift
The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied air bases in western Germany. -
Creation of NATO
It was formed by the United States, Canada, and some Western European nations. It was the first peaceful military alliance the U.S. entered outside of the Western Hemisphere. It was made to provide security from the Soviet Union. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO in 1955 per the London and Paris Conferences of 1954, but it is also considered to have been motivated by Soviet desires to maintain control over military forces in Central and Eastern Europe. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite.
The Soviet Union launched it on October 4th. It orbited for 3 weeks. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
The wall cut off West Berlin from East Berlin. It was made to stop the communist side of Germany from moving to the democratic side. It stayed up until 1989. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation between the US and Soviets initiated by the United States discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
Moon Landing
The United State’s Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
The Brandenburg Gate, a few meters from the Berlin Wall, was opened on 22 December 1989. The demolition of the Wall officially began on 13 June 1990 and was completed in November 1991. The "fall of the Berlin Wall" paved the way for German reunification, which formally took place on 3 October 1990.
