Cold War

  • Marshall Plan

    An American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the US gave over $12 billion.
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    Berlin Airlift

    The Berlin Airlift was a response blockade of land routes into West Berlin.
  • Creation of NATO

    The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.
  • First Successful Soviet Nuclear Test

    The soviet union conducted its first nuclear test .