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Event of the Cold War

  • Creation of the Iron Curtain/ Warsaw Pact

    Creation of the Iron Curtain/ Warsaw Pact
    A political metaphor used to describe the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas. The soviet union used satellites states from open contact with the rest.
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    was one of the first major international crisis of cold war. Soviet union blocked the allies railway, road.
  • Creation of NATO 1949

    Creation of NATO 1949
    North Atlantic Treaty organization was created in 1949. Created by the United States, Canada, and several western European nations.
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    North Korea and South Korea fought. North Korea was supported by China and Soviet Union and South Korea was supported by United States and United Nations.
  • Cuban Revolution

    Cuban Revolution
    Was a military and political effort to overthrow the government of Cuba. Cuban coup d'état which placed Fulgencio Batista as head of state.
  • Space Race

    Space Race
    Untied States and the Soviet union a competition between the two. Became a symbol of broad ideological and political contest.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was a major conflict of the Cold War.
  • Suez Crisis

    Suez Crisis
    Also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression[b] in the Arab world. Was a British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt
  • 1960 U2 Incidents

    1960 U2 Incidents
    Us U-2 spy plane was shot down by Soviet Air Defense Forces. The aircraft had taken off from Peshawar, Pakistan, and crashed near Sverdlovsk.
  • bay of pigs invasion

    bay of pigs invasion
    was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba by the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary. 106 people died during the invasion.
  • Berlin Crisis Of 1961

    Berlin Crisis Of 1961
    was the last major European political and military incident of the Cold War. The crisis culminated in the city's de facto partition with the East German erection of the Berlin Wall.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    was a 13 day confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States. America deployment of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
  • Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
    Jointly invaded by four Warsaw Pact countries. The invasion stopped Alexander Dubcek's Prague Spring liberalization reforms and strengthened the authoritarian wing of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
  • Soviet-Afghan War

    Soviet-Afghan War
    was a major conflict of the cold war. Fought in the Soviet controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
  • Chernobyl Disaster

    Chernobyl Disaster
    Began with the explosion of the No.4 reactor of the Nuclear Power Plant. Is on of only 2 nuclear energy accidents rated at seven.