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Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union had blocked off the rail roads and water access so they couldn't get food nor fuel so the Untied States airlifted all the needs and necessity items. -
The Marshall Plan is introduced
The Economic Recovery Act of 1948 was signed by Truman and was to help with recovering the economy of nations effected by WW2. -
Formation of NATO
NATO or The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created to provide protection and security against the Soviet Union. United States, Canada, and several Western European nations created NATO and it was also the first peacetime alliance. -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
Formally known as the Treaty of Friendship. This was a defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, by the Soviet Union also seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe. -
Sputnik launched into orbit
While the space race was going on Russia announced that they had launched a satellite into space that was called sputnik which started the space age as well as beat and showed up the United States. -
U-2 Incident
An American U-2 spy plane was scouting and taking pictures deep inside the soviets territory and he ended up getting shot down then he got captured after ejecting out of the plane and this was considered a civilian lose and ended the war.