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Berlin Airlift
Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to the Allied controlled areas of Berlin. The US and the UK began airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from the Allied air bases in Germany. -
Creation of NATO
To secure peace in Europe, promote cooperation among its members, and to guard their freedom. All of it was to counter the threat posed by the Soviet Union. -
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Korean War
Fought between North Korea and South Korea. The US joined South Korea in an attempt to prevent the spreading of communism and the domino effect of it if Korea fell. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
The political and military alliance between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. -
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Vietnam War
Communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the US. The war ended when US forces were forced to withdraw and Vietnam unified under Communist control 2 years later. -
Sputnik
It was the first artificial Earth satellite and was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union. -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
The wall completely cut off West Berlin from East Germany and from East Berlin. It was built to prevent East Germans from fleeing and stop an economically disastrous migration of workers. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The US and the Soviet Union were brought close to war over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, not far from US shores. -
Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was the American spaceflight that landed the first humans on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. -
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
East German officials opened the Berlin wall, allowing travel between East and West Berlin. The next day, Germans began to tear the wall down which led to the fall of communism.