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Berlin Airlift
The Berlin airlift was at the end of WW2. France, Britain, and the United States didn’t know weather they would be able to keep Berlin or not. They thought The USSR would take it away. So food and supplies was flown into Berlin. -
Creation of NATO
This was to stop the spread and expansion of communist. This caused the Warsaw pact to be made. -
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Korean War
The war came to a stall and capulets started to stack up greatly. Some people thought it would spread and cause WW3. The war ended when the country was divided into two. -
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Vietnam War
Three Million people were killed during the Vietnam war. The death toll was so high because two superpower countries where “fighting”. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
The alignment of European nation into one of the two opposing camps. This made the political division of the European continent. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched the Sputnik. The Sputnik was the event that started the space race. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
East Germany Built this wals to divide them. The building of this wall caused a crisis between the U.S. and Soviet Union. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
Crowds came around the Berlin Wall. they brought hammers and started to chip away at it themselves. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The soviet Union was building nuclear
weapons in cuba. The U.S. sent a blockaded to surround Cuba. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The soviet Union was building nuclear
weapons in cuba. The U.S. sent a blockaded to surround Cuba. -
Moon landing
Apollo 11 was sent off. A few days latter the U.S. had landed the first man on the moon.