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Berlin Airlift
The US and UK delivered more than 2.3 million tons of food, fuel and supplies to west Berlin via more than 278,000 airdrops. -
Creation of NATO
Formed with the signing of the Washington Treaty, NATO is a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe -
Creation of Warsaw pact
Was a collective defense treaty established by the soviet union and 7 other soviet satellite states in central and eastern Europe. -
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Korean war
Conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North) and the Republic of Korea (South) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives -
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Vietnam war
Was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of north Vietnam against south Vietnam and its principal ally, the US. -
sputnik
was the first artificial earth satellite. launched into an elliptical low earth orbit by the soviet union. -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
Constructed by the German Democratic Republic, the Wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until government officials opened it. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Was a major confrontation that brought the US and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic missiles in Cuba. -
Moon landing
American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans ever to land on the moon. -
Destruction of Berlin wall
The first step towards German reunification. Political, economical, and social impact of the fall of the berlin wall further weakened the already unstable East German government.