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Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The Soviet Union blocked the western allies' railway, road, and the canal access to the sectors of berlin under western control. This was one of the first major events that occured. -
Korean war
This began when 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel. This was 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. -
Space Race
This is when the Soviets and U.S. had a rivalry on who can get the farthest into space first. First the soviets made it to Sputnik 1, but they kept competing and it ended up bringing them closer together creating a International space nation. -
U-2 Reconnaissance Plane
The U.S. had a plane trying to spy on the Soviets. The Soviets shot it down and it led to an embarrasing conference for the U.S. with the Soviets. -
Bay of Pigs
The U.S. tried to invade Cuba but failed miserably.
A Cuban nationalist named Fidel Castro drove his guerilla army into Havana and overthrew General Fulgencio Batista the nation’s American-backed president. -
Reagan visits the Wall
This is when Reagan visited the Berlin wall to show continued commitment to the people of west Berlin. He challenged soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. -
Cuban missile crisis
A 13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba. It included nuclear warfare also. -
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
This was a treaty to attempt to slow down the arms race. This was 2 rounds of conferences and treaties involing the
U.S. and the Soviet Union. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
The Soviet Union sent in thousands of soldiers and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country. This led to the U.S. boycotting the 1980 Olympics. -
Reunited Germany
East and West Germany reunited; east was no longer communist. This was evidence that the War Saw Pact's days were numbered
