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The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.The Berlin Blockade.This was The Soviet Unions way of trying to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin. -
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was the response that the United States and the United Kingdom gave to the Soviet Union when they blockaded rail, road, and water ways to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin.We airlifted food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany. -
The Formation of NATO
The United States and 11 other Western nations formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This organization was to try and stop the spread of communisum. -
Chinese Civil War
The war begain and halted several times before the second sino-japanese war.The was between the CCP and the KMT started again in 1964 after Japan losted the secons sino-Japanses war -
NSC-68
The National Security Council Report NSC-68 was given to President Truman in 1950. It was the document that led to the contaniment policy that the US used for the next 20 years. -
The Korean War
The Korean war was a war between North and South Korea. The US fought for the South and China fought for the North. -
President Truman fires General MacArthur
President Truman fired General MacArthur becuase he wanted to take troops up into China. MacAurthur was a popular war hero. -
The Formation of the Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact focused on the objective of creating a coordinated defense among its member nations in order to be ready for enemy attack. It was also part of an internal security component to the agreement that proved useful to the USSR. -
launching of sputnik
The Soviet Union launched sputnik 1 on october 4th. It as was the first artiffical sateilight. I was only about the size of a beach ball. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was also known as the October crisis.It was the colsest the cold war came to being a full blow nuclear war.
