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Berlin Blockage
This was the first international blockage of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked off railways, roads, and canal access to the Western sector of Berlin so the Allies could not get supplies to its people or armies. -
Berlin Airlift
The shipment of thousands of tons of supplies to the Western sector of Berlin by plane. -
Formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to bring North Atlantic countries to have an alliance against the Iron Curtain. -
National Security Council Report NSC-68
This 58-page report was the protocal for nuclear war against the Soviet Union. -
Chinese Civil War
The fighting between forces loyal to the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China, and forces loyal to the Communist Party of China. -
Korean War
The Korean War was the communist North against the democratic South and dragged multiple outside counties into the fight. -
President Truman fired General MacArthur
U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands after MacArthur made public statements which contradicted the administration's policies. -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact, formally knows at the Treaty of Friendship, was a union of all the Communist nations. -
Launching of Sputnik
The Soviets were the first nation to launch the first artificial satelitte into space and began the space race -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union threatened American land, Cuba, with the possibility of a missile war, This lasted for 13 days and kept the U.S on its toes.
