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Berlin Blockades and Airlift
This was a turning point in post World War 2 Europe. This made sure that whoever was there wouldn't be able to get any food supply. -
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Cold War Timeline
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Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea. Whichis a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
Space Race
This is where the US and Soviets had an intense rivalry about space and who can get the farthest first. Soviets started with the lead with Sputnik. However when the kept competing it actually brought them together and made the International Space Station. -
U-2 Reconnaissance Plane
This is where the US’s CIA had a plane trying to spy on the Soviets and the Soviets shot it down and this lead to an embarrassing conference between US and Soviets. (Embarrassing for the US) -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs Invasion, known in Latin America as Invasión de Playa Girón, was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. It also had embarrased the u.s -
Reagan visits the Wall
This when Reagan visited the Berlin Wall, this showed continued commitment to the people of West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) were two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups who received aid from both Christian and Muslim countries, fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces. -
Reunited Germany
This where East and west Germany reunited, East Germany was no longer Communist, and this was evidence that the War Saw Pact’s days were numbered.
