Cold War: Tia Starr and Alex Griffith

By shigaraki

  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO
    It is called The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Was the first peacetime, military alliance. Entered into the outside of the Western.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    It was a military operation in the late 1940s. Brought food and other needs into WestBerlin. They used airplanes to transport goods.

  • Creation of Warsaw Pact

    Creation of Warsaw Pact
    Was a political and military alliance that was established on May 14. Was between the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries. Supplemented existing agreements.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    It was the first artificial satellite for Earth. It was launched on the 4th of October before the batteries died. Then fell back into the atmosphere.

  • Construction of the Berlin Wall

    Construction of the Berlin Wall
    It was a wall that divided Germany from 1961to1989. It was constructed by the German Democratic Republic. It started on August 13.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    It was a time of heightened confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States. Was a proxy conflict. BEgan when the Soviet Union started building missiles.

  • Moon landing

    Moon landing
    Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the moon. It was the first step by humans. The astronauts returned to the Earth with samples from another planetary body.

  • Destruction of Berlin Wall

    Destruction of Berlin Wall
    The wall fell over on November 9, 1989. The wall has been up for over 28 years. It was a symbol of the Cold War and the IronCurtain between Soviet-led Communism.