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Marshall Plan
A program crateted by the United States that gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of World War II. -
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Berlin Airlift
In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. -
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Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin -
NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
NATO is a formal alliance between the territories of North American and Europe. Its main purpose was to defend each other from the possibility of the communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation. -
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Korean War
The North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. As Kim Il-sung's North Korean army, armed with Soviet tanks, quickly overran South Korea, the United States came to South Korea's aid. -
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Warsaw Pact
A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe, the Warsaw Pact included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. -
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Vietnam War
A military conflict between South Vietnam, supported by United States forces, and Communist North Vietnam. The war resulted in a North Vietnamese victory and unification of Vietnam under Communist rule. -
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Berlin Wall
Fortified concrete and wire barrier that separated East and West Berlin. It was built by the government of what was then East Germany to keep East Berliners from defecting to the West. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile was dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.
