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The Marshall Plan
President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act that became known as the Marshall Plan. -
Berlin Airlift
In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens. -
Korean War
Was a war between North Korea and South Korea when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. -
Vietnam War
a long and costly conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey pointing at the Soviet Union. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
As the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
Self-governing independence to the Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It was a result of the declaration number 142-Н of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
