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This was a turning point of the war. The U.S. and Great Britain began to airlift food and supplies to people being blockaded in berlin.
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North Korea, supervised by the soviet union, invaded South Korea. The United States and The United Nations were siding with South Korea.
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A soviet R-7 intercontinental missile launched "Sputnik" becoming the first man made object in earth's orbit. The United States saw it as crucial not to lose to the Soviet Union.
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America has a U-2 plane shot down while spying on the Soviet Union. The U-2 plane was created by the CIA for the purpose of spying.
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This is when the United States tried to invade Cuba. The plan failed completely when the CIA accidentally broadcaster the entire plan to the Cuban army.
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The Soviet union and the US had a 13 day war. The US was planning on invading Cuba, but backed off after the Soviet Union promised to remove their missiles.
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The SALT treaty was signed in Moscow on May 26, 1972. It was limiting their use of nuclear weapons in the war.
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The Soviets organized a military airlift into Afghanistan. All while pretending to uphold the Soviet-Afghanistan Friendship treaty.
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This when Reagan visited the Berlin Wall. This showed loyalty and commitment to the people of West Berlin.
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The communist group in East Germany began to lose power, inviting West Germany back.
