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Creation of NATO
NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere -
Berlin Airlift
The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
Treaty Organization was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries -
Vietnam War
North Vietnam dramatically increased its military assistance to the Viet Cong, which then began attacking South Vietnamese military units. In the American domino theory they feared that if communism took hold in Vietnam, it would spread to other countries nearby -
Sputnik
the Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite -
Construction of Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a time of heightened confrontation between the Soviet Union, the United States, and Cuba during the Cold War. -
Moon landing
A Moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. This includes both manned and robotic missions -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany.