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Berlin Blockade
The French USA and UK partitions of Germany- Russia responds by blockading the entrance to Western Berlin- residents had to access to food supplies and faced starvation. -
USSR
USSR begins testing their own atomic bomb, Arms Race Begins. -
NATO
NATO formed- a peacetime military alliance between US, Canada, and Western European countries for collective security. -
The Korean War
begins with Russian supported North Korea invading US supported South Korea, ends in a statement. -
Warsaw Pact
Soviet block of collective security, military alliance in response to NATO formed. -
Hungarian Revolution
US supported anti-communist protest is defeated by the USSR who installs a communist government in Hungary. -
Suez Crisis
Britain and French forces invade Egypt to seize Suez Canal, invasion fails, Egypt supported by Russia, UN restores peace. -
Space Race
begins when USSR launches sputnik and america begins to fear USSR's technological advances. -
Prague Spring
Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end Prague Spring a series of anti Communist protest. -
President Reagan
President Reagan resumes the mission to contain communism with Reagan Doctrine, focusing on central american nations.
