Events of the Cold War

By Shay St. Clair

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    The U.S. and the UK started to deliver food and supplies to Berlin by airplane.

  • The Creation on the NATO

    The Creation on the NATO
    The further expansion of communism prompted the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

  • Creation of the Warsaw Pact

    Creation of the Warsaw Pact
    The pact was a mutual defense pact that put the Soviets in command of there allies armies.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite named Sputnik.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite named Sputnik.

  • Construction of the Berlin Wall

    Construction of the Berlin Wall
    The wall prevented people to flee from East Berlin to West Berlin.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The crisis was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the two superpowers.

  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing
    Apollo 11 lands on the moon and this means the U.S. was the first to put people on the moon.

  • Destruction of the Berlin Wall

    Destruction of the Berlin Wall
    A spokesman of East Berlin announced a change with West Berlin and with the help both sides, the wall came down.