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Berlin Airlift
In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into west Berlin, The united states begins a massive airlift of food, water ad medicine to the citizens of the besieged city -
Creation of NATO
To secure peace in Europe, to promote cooperation among its members and to guard their freedom. -
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Korean War
North Korea attacked south Korea. Joseph Stalin had ordered the invasion as the first step in his plan for world conquest -
Creation of Warsaw pact
It was created in reaction to the interrogation of West Germany into the North Atlantic Treaty organization (NATO) in 1955 as per the London and Paris conferences of 1954. -
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vietnam war
Long divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of north vietnam against south Vietnam and its principal ally, The United states. They were preventing a communist takeover. -
Spuntnik
The USSR launched Sputnik (the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth) The satellite was launched on a huge rocket and orbited Earth at 18000 miles per hour for three months. -
construction of berlin wall
constructed by the German Democratic Republic. Completely cut off west berlin from surroEast Germany -
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cuban missile crisis
An American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. -
Moon landing
Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘buzz” aldrin became the first beings to land on the moon -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
The germans tore down the barriers. The Head of East German Communist Partys announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased.