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Berlin Blockade and Airlift
In an attempt to rid Western Allies of their post in West Berlin, The Soviet Union blocked rail, road and water access. The US and the UK responded with airlifts of food and fuel. This resulted in one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
The Atomic Bomb
The Soviet Union detonate their first atomic bomb.
Klaus Fuchs, a german born physicist, who had worked on The Manhattan Project, supplied the Soviet Union with information so as to assist in the creation of their own atomic bomb.
Widespread panic and paranoia begin -
The Korean War
Began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States and The United Kingdom came to the aid of South Korea. The Soviet Union and China went to the aid of North Korea. In all, around 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their life as a result of the war. -
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin holds negotiations on the reunification of Germany with the condition that Germany remain neutral. Western Allie Powers ultimately reject the offer. -
The Hungarian Uprising
The Hungarian people, tired of Soviet policies, began to revolt which led to an uprising that lasted for over a month. Around 30,000 people were killed while 200,000 fled leaving behind all belongings and possessions in Hungary -
The Vietnam War
The first US combat forces land in South Vietnam. Vietnam North would be under communist rule, the South democratic Over 2,000,000 would go on to die from this war -
The Berlin Wall
The construction of The Berlin Wall begins. The wall completely cut off West Berlin to the surrounding land of East Germany and Eats Berlin. -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union sign the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty which would suspend nuclear surface and underwater tests. -
Prague Spring Uprising
A period of liberation in Czechoslovakia while still under Soviet rule -
"Star Wars" Strategic Defense Intiative
Introduced by US President Ronald Reagan, the SDI was a defense system intended to protect the US from nuclear attack -
The Boycott of the Summer Olympics
The result of President Jimmy Carter's ultimatum to the Soviet Union if they did not pull out of Afghanistan -
Suspension of the SS-20s
Mikhail Gorbachev would suspend the deployment of the SS-20s in Europe as an answer to the elimination of nuclear weapons. -
Nuclear Elimination
Gorbachev and Reagan meet to discuss the reduction of intermediate weapons and ultimately come to the conclusion to eliminate all nuclear weapons within the next 10 years -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
After decades of barricades, East Germany allows access to West Berlin -
The End of The Cold War
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meets with US President George Bush The Soviet Union soon falls following the fall of the Berlin Wall
