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russia builds the berlin wall
In June 1948 Russia built the Berlin wall, blocking off all land sea and rail routes to in or out of Berlin. Because of this, the capitalists did the Berlin airlift, dropping supplies and water. -
nato
In case of another world war, america needed a team to back them up and from there nato is birthed. NATO was protection from communists for whoever joined. -
Korean War
Just before Vietnam and just after ww2 Korea is an often forgotten war, mainly because we lost and American publishers try to keep our image strong. -
first H bomb
In 1952 U.S.A. dropped their first H bomb. This bomb was much stronger than the atomic bomb. -
WARSAW
After America found allies, Russia had to prove they're big and strong too, so they created the Warsaw pact. This pact was established by soviets and other Europeans near them. -
space race!
in October of 1957 the soviet union launched the first living thing into space. The Americans would get to throw their punch, too. -
spy plane
On October 14 1962 an American plane took pictures of a couple Russian missile sites, and reported it back to USA without Russian approval. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
On October 23 1962, not long after the Russian missiles were spotted did Russia put nuclear devices On the American home front. -
confrontation
On October 25 the president of the USA confronted the soviets about their weapons. This just could not stand, weapons of mass destruction are no good. -
Regan is elected
Regan was a very Anti-Communist and Pro-United States. When he was in office he relentlessly protected USA from communist threats.
