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Berlin Airlift
First major international crises of the Cold war. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railway,road,and canal access. -
Creation of NATO
Created by the U.S, Canada, and several Westren Nations, to go against soviet union. the first peacetime military alliance.
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Creation Of Warsaw Pact
A military alliance of communist nations in Eastren Europe. made to answer the NATO. USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania. -
Sputnik
The sputnik was the first artificial earth satellite. Orbited for 3 weeks. The USSR launched it the united states had a part to. -
Moon Landing
United States landed on the moon. Apollo11. First human to touch the moon.
Niel Armstrong was the first person to touch the moon. -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
Construction of the wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic on August 13,1961. The wall cutt off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany , including East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13 say confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union it came close to nuclear conflict. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
Germany put pressure on the East German government to loosen some of its regulations and on to travel to West Germany
