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Berlin Airlift
The Russians wanted Berlin all to themselves. So they cut off all entries into the city and were trying to force the U.S. and their allies out of the city. But the U.S. and their allies used the Berlin Airlift to get goods and food into the city. -
Creation of NATO
It was created by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. -
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Korean War
It was a conflict between North and South Korea, at least 2.5 million people died. In June of 1950 it reached international proportions when North Korea applied and advised the Soviet Union. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
This pact was between the Soviets and seven of their European satellites. This pact was a mutual defense organization, this pact gave command of the armed forces of the member states to the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam War
Japanese forces invaded Vietnam, to fight Japanese occupiers and the French colonial administration. The Vietnam War and active U.S. involvement in the war began in !954, though ongoing conflict in the region had stretched back several decades. -
Sputnik
It was the first artificial thing to orbit the Earth. It was the size of a baseball and orbited the Earth at 18,000 at miles per hour and fell out of orbit in January 1958. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
The wall was built by the Russians to try to keep out the Western “fascists”. This wall was built out of barbed wire and concrete. They called it “Antifaschistischer Schutzwall” which means “antifascist bulwark”. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
It was a tense political standoff between leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The president warned U.S. citizens about the presence of missiles. Before it traveled 90 miles to the U.S. coast John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev came to a compromise and all was good. -
Moon Landing
It was the first time that someone landed on the moon. Then six and a half hours later Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall came down on the evening of November 9, 1989, during a hastily arranged international press conference in East Berlin.