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Berlin Airlift
In June, 1948, Western Allies started a massive airlift to counter the Berlin blockade that had been imposed by the Soviet regime. -
Creation of NATO
NATO is a collective security system and the members agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. -
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Korean War
Northern Korean armies invaded South Korea in a coordinated attack with several strategic advantage points along the 38th parallel, the line that divides Communist North Korea from the non-communist republic. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and 7 other Eastern bloc socialist republics of central and eastern Europe in may, 1955 during a period of time in the Cold War. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It was the second of the Indochina wars and the war was officially fought between north Vietnam and south Vietnam. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first official earth satellite launched into an elliptical low earth orbit by the soviet union. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
The Communist government of East Germany began to build a wall made of barbed wire and concrete between east and west Berlin. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis which is also known as the October crisis of 1962 in Cuba, or Caribbean crisis in Russia was a 35-day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union where the U.S. dropped missiles on Italy and Turkey and the Soviets matched it by dropping missiles on Cuba. -
Moon landing
The United States Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to the moon where Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin officially became the first people to touch the surface of the moon. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
On the night of November 9, 1989 people from Eastern Europe yearned for reunification and the world was taken by surprise when on that night crowds of people began dismantling the Berlin wall.