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Berlin was between eastern and western germany and had fought over who controlled it. Soviet Union blockaded railroads and water ways so people couldnt get resources. UK and US airlifted food and water into berlin. -
The U.S. and 11 eastern nations wanted to create an organization but the europeans and the soviet union wanted nothing to do with it. -
7 European nations create a mutual defense organization to put the soviet union in command of the armies -
this was the worlds first artificial satellite and the creators was the soviet union the name was russian for “fellow traveler”. Sputnik weighed 184 pounds and had a diameter of 22 inches. Sputnik orbit reduced till the point it burnt up in the atmosphere. -
the berlin wall sealed off the east and west for 28 years and was heavily fortified and was the symbol of the cold war. -
leaders of the U.S. and Soviet Union had a standoff over the Soviet Union installing armed nuclear missles in cuba 90 miles from U.S. soil. President Kennedy used a naval blocked around cuba prepared to use force if necessary. U.S. and the Soviet leader would take away the missiles if the U.S. didnt invade cuba. -
2 american astronauts became the first to land on the moon on july 20th 1969, 8 years after Kennedy told the public he wanted man to land on the moon in the 1960’s. -
between east and west berlin they built a concrete and barbed wire wall to keep the westerns out. The berlin wall stood until November 9, 1989, the east German party told the citizens they could cross whenever they want, some citizens tried to tear the wall down.