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Cold War
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Iron Curtian Created
The Iron Curtain divided Europe into two different areas. -
The Marshall Plan
The American initiative to aid Europe. -
Forming of NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -
The beginning of the Warsaw Pact
It's a military treaty, which bound its signatories to come to the aid of the others, should any one of them be the victim of foreign aggression. -
Vietnam War
A war that occured during the Cold War. -
Sputnik I
First artificial sattelite is released into Earth orbit. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
A wall that seperated East Germany, from West Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. -
Six Day War
It started because the Israelis and the Arabs already had extreme tension towards one another and the Arab nations surrounded Israel making them feel threatened. This war lasted only 6 days, It ended on Jun 10th, 1967. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
East Germany didn't agree with the Berlin Walland almost overnight, it was gone.