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Marshall Plan
General George Marshall proposed to give aid to all European nations that needed it, but many people opposed giving away 12.5 bililon dollars. -
Berlin Airlift
Americans and British officials started to fly food and supplies to West Berlin. 2.3 million tons of supplies, food, medician, ect... -
NATO
Ten countries joined with U.S. and Cananda and said that an attack on one is an attack on all. The ten countries were Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britian, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourge, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal. -
The Korean War
North Korea's invasion on South Korea brought the United Nations action on the aggressor. That brought heavy military and naval involvment by the United States. The U.S. and other involvment with the United Nations, tried to stop North Korea's fast moving army. -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union felt fearful of West Germany when they rejoined NATO. So the Soviet Union formed it's own military alliance with Eastern Europe. -
U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down
United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs
The plan was to have to air strikes agiainst Cuban air bases. Then a 1400 man attack happened as a surprise attack. On April 15th eight bombers left Nicaragua. Bombers missed most of their targets and left Cubans air force intact. April 17, the Cuban-exile invasion force landed at beaches along the Bay of Pigs and immediately came under heavy fire. -
The Berlin Wall Goes Up
Completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other. -
Man on the Moon
Apollo 11. First man on moon -
The Vietnam War
Stuggle between Nationalist forces attempting to unify Vietnam under a communist government, while the U.S. attempting to prevent the spread of communsim. -
USSR invades Afghanistan
Nine-year war fought by the Soviet Army and the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against the Afghan Mujahideen guerrilla movement and foreign "Arab–Afghan" volunteers -
US invades Grenada
U.S. victory within a matter of weeks. -
German Reunification/ Fall of Berlin Wall
Germany was divided into two separate areas. US President Ronald Reagan gave a speech at Brandenburg Gate challenging Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" that had separated Berlin. -
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
The independence of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.
