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Events of the cold war

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  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin within Western control.

  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO
    The North Atlantic Alliance was founded in the aftermath of the Second World War. Its purpose was to secure peace in Europe

  • The Korean War

    The Korean War
    North Korea invaded South Korea. South Korea was backed by the US and North Korea by the USSR. This war ended when an armistice was signed.

  • Space Race

    Space Race
    The space race was a rivalry between the U.S and the USSR to make history in the stars.

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    The Vietnam War pitted communist Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States. The war ended when U.S. forces withdrew

  • Cuban revolution

    Cuban revolution
    led by Fidel Castro against the government of Fulgencio Batista.

  • 1960 U2 Incident

    1960 U2 Incident
    On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defense Forces

  • Berlin Crisis of 1961

    Berlin Crisis of 1961
    East German soldiers laid down more than 30 miles of barbed wire barrier through the heart of Berlin.

  • bay of pigs Invasion

    bay of pigs Invasion
    failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro

  • The Fall of The Berlin Wall

    The Fall of The Berlin Wall
    After the wall was built, it became impossible to get from East to West Berlin except through one of three checkpoints. This caused the people to riot and at midnight November 9th the wall fell.

  • Cuban missile crisis

    Cuban missile crisis
    Cold War confrontation over missiles in Cuba between the United States and the Soviet Union that almost caused nuclear war.

  • Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
    200,000 Soviet troops and 5,000 tanks invade Czechoslovakia to crush the liberalization in the communist country.

  • soviet-afghan war

    soviet-afghan war
    The Soviet Afghanistan War was fought between Afghanistan rebels called the Mujahedeen and the Soviet supported Afghanistan government.

  • Chernobyl Disaster

    Chernobyl Disaster
    an explosion and fire demolished a reactor building and released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere making the area uninhabitable.

  • Fall of the Soviet Union

    Fall of the Soviet Union
    The fall of the Soviet Union came with a change of power and split the USSR into 15 states