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Berlin Blockade and airlift
This was a turning point in post world war 2. They are watching the airlifts taking place. -
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Cold war events
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Korean war
Started when north korea invaded south korea. The U.N came to aid south korea in the war and the soviet union and china aided north korea. -
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. -
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 embarrasing conference between US and Soviets. -
Bay of pigs
This is where the US tried to invade cuba but failed misserably. The soviets were also apart of this. -
Reagan visits the wall
The Berlin Wall, referred to by the President, was built by Communists in August 1961 to keep Germans from escaping Communist-dominated East Berlin into Democratic West Berlin. The twelve-foot concrete wall extended for a hundred miles, surrounding West Berlin, and included electrified fences and guard posts. -
Cuban missle crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
Strategic arms limitation
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) were two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union—the Cold War superpowers—on the issue of armament control. The two rounds of talks and agreements were SALT I and SALT II. -
Soviets invade afghanistan
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces. -
Reunited Germany
East and West Germany reunited, East germany was no longer communist, and this was the evidence that the war saw pact's days were numbered.
