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Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was an operation to supply berlin with goods and products necessary to live. This happened when the soviet union blocked all ways to the western civilization from berlin. -
berlin blockade
This was the event that caused the berlin airlift, The soviet union blocked the western allies railway,road,and canal access to Berlin. The soviets would only drop the blockade if the allies withdrew the deutsche mark from West Berlin. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Orginization, otherwise known as NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. The organiztion ensured that the states around will agree to mutual defense in time of attack. -
Soviet testing of atomic bomb
During world war 2 the soviets felt the need to create an atomic weapon to protect their country. The first ever test of the atomic bomb was on aug 29, 1949 -
Warsaw Pact
A collective defense treaty among the soviet union and seven other soviet satellite states. The Warsaw Pact was the military complement the council for mutual economic assistance. -
Paris Summit Conference
The first NATO summit bringing the leaders of member nation together at one time. This was only the second meeting of the heads of NATO. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided berlin from east Germany from 1961 to 1989. They demolished the wall on june 13, 1990. -
cuban missile crisis
The missile scare was a thirteen day confrontaion between the united states and the soviet union. the confrontation was concerning the soviet unuions balistic missiles deployment in cuba. -
"hotline" set up
A system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the united states and the russian federation. This links the pentagon and the kremlin in the soviet union. -
SALT 1
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks were rounds of bilateral confrences and following treaties. This was between the unted states and the soviet union mostly about the issue of armament control.
