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Stalin declares a cold war against the communists
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"Iron Curtain" meaning the big seperation of Capatilists in the West and the Communists in the East
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Churchill states the "Iron Curtain" has decended and the Communists are on the other side.
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Truman establishes a doctorine that states it will provide support to countries against communism
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The Berlln Airlift was the allied forces helping the citizens in the west by dropping crates of food and supplies to them
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NATO was made to keep communists at bay
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The US aiding the Capatalists Koreans and the Soviets aiding the Communists
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The warsaw pact was made to keep capitalists at bay
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The Soviets and the US were racing to see who can get to space first and explore
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Soviets launced an artifical space probe to circle the earth and detect radio waves
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The US tried to spy on the Soviets using the U-2 Reconnaissance Plane but the Soviets shot it down.
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Reagan visits the Berlin wall to raise hope
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The Berlin wall was constructed to seperate Germany from the Communists and the Capitalists
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The Soviets put nuclear missles on the shore of Cuba. This was the closest the US got to going to nuclear war.
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The Soviets attemped to invade and take Afganistan but they failed
