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Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railways and roads.
It was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
Korean War
Began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea.
In 1953 a peace treaty was signed at Panmunjom that ended the Korean War. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
When the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear conflict.
Its the colsest we have ever come to nuclear war -
Virtnam War
The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam under communist rule.
They viewed the conflict as a colonial war, fought initially against forces from France and then America, and later against South Vietnam.
