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Indian Independence
After 200 years of British rule India had gained it's Independence with independence leader Mohandas Gandhi. But after they Got their Independence religous conflict came around in between Hindus and Muslims which was delaying Britain from declaring India it's Independence -
Berlin airlift
Soviets cut off all traffic from West berlin. hoped that allies would give up West Berlin. British and American officials fly in supplies for eleven month. A plane lands supplies every three minutes -
Creation of Israel
the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine -
formation of NATO
Twelve nations including U.S and Canada form NATO because of the fears of Soviet aggression. -
Formation of the Warsaw pact
An Alliance formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern European nations because of East Germany joining NATO -
Launch of Sputnik
Soviets launch Sputnik which was the first unmanned satelite into space in 1957. It used an intercontinental ballistic missile. the U.S responds by putting millions of dollars into science education. U.S launches satelite in 1958 -
Bay of pigs
CIA trains cuban exiles to invade cuba. the goal was to overthrow the government. the U.S doesn't provide the necessary support to succeed. It convinces that the U.S won't resist expansion in Latin America -
Arab Israeli conflict 1967
The war of 1967 was only six days. in that Time span Israel gained more than half the land they had before. The biggest place Israel controlled after the six day war was Jerusalum in Jordan
