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cold war events
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berlin airlift
Russia tried taking over Berlin for itself and isoate Berlin from everyone else. It is significant to the overall cold war because this is when the US and Russia started butting heads. After the Berlin wall was taken down Russia saw the rest of the world as an enemy. -
Creation of the berlin wall
The wall was up for more then 30 yeas before it was taken down,This was significant to the cold war because here was an argument with alot of the coutnries about this because it wasnt right to do. -
Korean war
North Korea tried taking over south korea and the US had gotten involved and the US had pushed them back. The Korean War is important because it was the first real fighting in the Cold War. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long and costly war with North Vietnam and South Vietnam. This war was important cause it pitted communism against the US and South Vietnam, the war wasnt popular at home and troops were with drawled and two years later the whole country was under communist control. -
sputnik
sputnik was a Russian space craft that was the first Russian to go up into space. It was important to the cold war becasue they was a space race between the US and Russia. -
Bay of pigs
When castro had went and taken power of Cuba and then the CIA had 1400 trained cubans attack. This was significant to the Cold War because Cuba is a communist place and The US had to get invloved to stop it from happening. -
soviet invasion of afghanistan
This was a war over nine years, It was important because to communist party had invaded a place, -
Cuban missle crisis
The missile crisis was a thirteen day conflic with Cuba and the US. It was significant because Cuba was under communist control and they wanted to make sure that kenned woulndt invade Cuba. -
Gorbachevs reform
He had to major plans of reconstruction and openness, It was important because he was one of the leaders of communism. -
fall of the berlin wall
The berlin was up for around 30 years before it was taken down, the taking down of the wall was by accident they orginally were gonna mke it so that people had to get visas to go across the wall. This was important because the ending of the berlin airlifts endend and that the peopl ewerent habing to live undrer communusm rules.
