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1950 BCE
Race for the H-bomb
American learned that the Soviet Union had produced an atomic bomb. The two superpowers were soon locked in an arms race, developed weapons with more destructive power. -
1948 BCE
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
1948 BCE
Berlin Airlift
After the Soviet Union blocked access to berlin. Truman responded by sending huge aircrafts with food, fuel, and equipment into the city. For nearly a year, they made 275,000 flights into Berlin. -
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Korean War
It was a war where North Korea tries to invade South Korea. the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People's Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south.The Korean peninsula is still divided today. -
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Start of Vietnam War
Vietnam is divided into North and South. United States gives economic aid to south vietnam. U.S. involvement in war ends. South Vietnam surrenders to communist.