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Cold War Events
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Berlin Blockade/Airlift
Berlin Airlift supplied America's sector of the city from the air.
Supplied our allies with the tools they needed. -
Korean War
War between North Korea and South Korea.
First military action in the Cold War. -
Vietnam War
Resistance war against America.
Cold War era proxy. -
Sputnik
1st artificial Earth satellite.
Ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. -
Bay of Pigs
Failed military mission on Cuba controlled by the CIA.
Getting the government more involved with attacks on countries. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
Created to divide Berlin into East and West sections.
Definings symbol of the cold war. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba.
One of the biggest Cold War conrontations. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
War that lasted 9 years in Afghanistan.
Marked the only time the Soviet Union invaded a country outside the Eastern Bloc. -
Gorbachev's Reforms
Introduced profound changes in economic practice, internal affairs and international relations.
Led to the collapse of America's Cold War. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Announced that people could cross the border into East Berlin whenever they pleased and vice versa.
Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe.