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Cold War Timeline Events

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  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    United States and Britain had to fly over food and supplies to Berlin because everything was blocked off by the Soviet Union.

  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO
    Stands for The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, it's an intergovernmental military formed by North American and European states.

  • Creation of Warsaw Pact

    Creation of Warsaw Pact
    It was a military alliance from the Eastern part of the Soviet Union against the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The Soviet Union sent it into space. It triggered the Space Race. It helped with military, technology, and science developments.

  • Construction of Berlin Wall

    Construction of Berlin Wall
    Made by the germans separating West German and East German.

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    Cuban Missle Crisis
    Argument between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union wanted to keep nuclear weapons in Cuba.

  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing
    Apollo 11, Moon mission landed the first astronaut on the moon on July 20, 1969. The U.S.

  • Destruction of Berlin Wall

    Destruction of Berlin Wall
    A concrete barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 that got destroyed.