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The Cold War

By Alana B.

  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain
    Divided the free world of the west from the Sovient- Dominated world of the east.

  • Containment

    Containment
    The US policy of fighting the spread of communism by limiting it to countries where it already existed.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    American and British planes airlifted food, clothes, medicine and food.

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    Stalin ordered a blockade of Berlin hoping to starve the allies out of the city.

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    The US sent vast amounts of money to 16 nations in Europe for rebuilding cities, railroads, factories, etc.

  • North Atlantic Treaty

    North Atlantic Treaty
    10 western European countries, the us, and Canada. an attack upon any NATO country they agreed.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    The first major proxy war. (Ended July 27 1957)

  • Bay Of Pigs Invasion

    Bay Of Pigs Invasion
    Soon after taking office in 1961, President JFK approved the CIA'S invasion plan. On April 17 about 1,400 Cuban exiles landed on a Cuban beach in the Bay of Pigs.

  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall
    East Germany and the Soviet Union tried to stem the tide of East Germans fleeing to West Berlin by putting up a wall between the two parts of the city.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    US spy planes photographed secret missile bases build the Soviet in Cuba. Missiles launched from these bases could reach the US cities in a matter of minutes. (Ended Oct 28 1962)