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The Cold War

By hmitche5

  • Cold War Begins

    Cold War Begins
    The beginning of a non physical fight between the United States and The Soviet Union.

  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain
    The division of Europe into two after the second World War.

  • Berlin blockade

    Berlin blockade
    The Allies had to use aircrafts to feed the people after a blockade was put on them in attempt to serve them.

  • NATO

    NATO
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization-intergovernmental military alliance

  • Berlin Blockade Ends

    Berlin Blockade Ends
    The people were allowed access to food and other resources again.

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    A section of Berlin was "cut off" as as attempt to starve them. The USSR blocked them in and didn't give them any access to food.

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    A defense alliance against NATO.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The first successful launch of an artificial satellite, do by the Soviet Union.

  • Bay of Pigs

  • Berlin wall

    Berlin wall
    A wall was built to keep Germans from escaping.

  • SALT 1

    SALT 1
    A treaty that limits the use/possession of nuclear missiles

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall
    The wall was removed allowing Germans free access to go wherever they wanted.