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Berlin Airlift
Stalin, couldn’t risk shooting down planes. In the Cold war there was no direct fighting. -
Korean War
The U.S. had to show that they weren’t going to let the Soviets advance and they held them to the 38th so they did their job. It was a great victory for the U.S -
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Vietnam War
Because the U.S. was fighting against the communist North Vietnamese, the Soviets decided to back up the communists. U.S. made very little progress in Vietnam because they couldn’t seem to adapt to the Viet Cong’s fighting style. -
Sputnik Crisis
The Sputnik crisis was the American reaction to the success of the Sputnik program. Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite. -
U-2 Incident
Soviet Union shot down a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane and called the flight an aggressive act. Soviets shot directly at a U.S. soldier. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U-2 spy plane flying over Cuba discovered nuclear missile sites under construction. October 28, Khrushchev announced that they were withdrawing the missiles from Cuba -
Non-Proliferation Treaty
NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. -
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Soviet Afghan War
multi-national rebel groups called the mujahideens vs Soviet troops. The rebels received military training in neighboring Pakistan, China, and received billions of dollars from the U.S., United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and other countries. -
Perestroika and Glasnost
Mikhail S. Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in March 1985, he launched his nation on a dramatic new course. Within five years, Gorbachev's revolutionary program swept communist governments throughout Eastern Europe from power and brought an end to the Cold War (1945-91) -
Berlin Wall Falls
In the late 1980s Russian leader Gorbachev decided to abandon Russia’s satellite states to try and save his crumbling nation, allowing democracy to filter through, as it did in Poland. This was important to the Cold War because it signaled the end. After this, the Soviet Union Collapsed and then the U.S. could finally exist in peace without fear.
