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WW2 ends
The Allies now needed to govern Germany. They decided to to divide Germany into 4 parts. -
The Cold War Begins
It was more than just a military battle. It was about battling for power and control. It was a battle of communism and capitalist democracy. -
West Berlin gets blocked off
The Soviets blocks off every land, water, and rail routes to West Berlin. Residents couldnt get food and other supplies. The Soviets thought that the West would leave but instead they came up the idea of the Berlin Airlift. Planes were flying in supplies. -
Countries Make Alliances
Shortly after the Berlin Airlift, the United States, Canada, andmost Western Europeon countries formed an allianced known as NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
Soviet Union atomic bomb test
The West was shocked to hear that the Soviet Union had successfully tested an atomic bomb. -
United States test thier first Hydrogen Bomb
In the fall of 1952, the U.S tested their very first hydrogen bomb. -
The Soviet Union makes their own alliance
The Soviet Union and communist nation of Easteren Europe made their own alliance called the Warsaw Pact. -
Soviet Union launch
The soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite. -
NASA is established
The U.S government establish NASA in 1958 -
Nuclear War
During the 1950s and early 1960s nuclear war seemed closer than ever -
The Cold war ends
After so many arguements between the two nations, the Soviet Union brakes up and the war is over
