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US sent massive airlift to counter the Berlin Blockade by the USSR -
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An alliance treaty between the US and 30 other members. -
Conflict between the Communist North-Korea and the non-communist South-Korea. -
Defensive treaty by the USSR and seven other states. This pact unified the military of these states. -
Conflict between Northern Vietnam and Southern Vietnam. Northern Vietnam wanted the south to become communist. The south didn't want to become communist. -
First man-made object to orbit the Earth. Made by Russia. -
The Berlin wall was built to keep western "fascists" out of east Germany's socialist state. -
Dangerous political and military standoff between the US and the USSR. Took place in Cuba. Almost became the first nuclear war. -
The US mission, Apollo 11, was the first mission to actually land on the moon. -
Political pressure from Eastern Europe caused eastern Germany to open the wall.