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The Berlin Blockade/Airlift
Soviets placed this blockade on the allied zone of Berlin to starve the population into Soviet alliance. The blockade was significant to the cold war because it led to the berlin airlift. The allied response was air supply to feed the city. -
Korean War
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea, It was the first armed conflict in the cold war, and it created a stale mate between North and South korea. -
Vietnam War
Vietnam resistance against the U.S.. The cold war was a fight between the United States and the USSR over the world's resources. South Vietnam was an ally of the US and North Vietnam was an ally of the USSR. The US feared if North Vietnam won the war other countries in South Asia would also fall to Communism. -
Sputnik
The Sputnik crisis was the American reaction to the success of the Sputnik program. It was a key Cold War event that began on October 4, 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay Of Pigs invasion refers to the CIA sponsored American attack of the Cuban government in order to overthrow Fidel Castro. The invasion is considered part of the Cold War because the United States was trying to prevent communism from taking hold in the Americas. -
Creation of The Berlin War
The Berlin Wall was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept East Germans from fleeing to the West. The Berlin Wall was a tangible symbol of the suppression of human rights by the Eastern bloc during the Cold War, but Frederick Taylor asks whether it was more convenient to the Western democracies than their rhetoric suggested. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.
