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Berlin Airlift
Soviet Union blocked the western germany railway and waterway of Berlin so that supplies like food and water couldn't come in. -
Creation of NATO
This was known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This was created by the United States, Canada, and other Western European Nations to help provide protection from the Soviet Union. -
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Korean War
This was a very strange war because no one won this war. The sides were North Korea and the Soviet Union v.s South Korea and the United States. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
Communist countries and Soviet Union became allies. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an Earth orbit in October 1957, orbiting for three weeks before its batteries died, then silently for two more months before falling back into the atmosphere. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
This was a barbed wire and concrete wall made by East Germany to keep West Germany out. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union began to happen by the discovery of the Soviet ballistic missile order in Cuba. -
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Vietnam War
During this war North Vietnam was allied with the Soviet Union and South Vietnam was allied with the United States. The outcome of the war was that the country became a communist country. -
Moon landing
This was when Neil Armstrong (the first man on the moon) set foot on the moon. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
Western Germany destroyed the wall
