Cold War-Alex Johnson

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  • Berlin airlift

    Berlin airlift

    This event was one of the first major international crises of the cold war.
    Basically the USSR cut off anything to the eastern side of germany.
    They did this through railroads,roads and canals
  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO

    This was basically created as security for the USSR.
    The full name NATO is “The North Atlantic Treaty Organization”
    It's basically many organizations forming security for USSR and other things
  • Creation of Warsaw pact

    Creation of Warsaw pact

    Known as the treaty of friendship, its name alone gives you an idea of what it's about.
    The Warsaw pact was about the eastern part of Germany while the west had different ideas
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    It was the first artificial earth satellite.
    It was launched into orbit by the soviet union.
    It orbited for 3 weeks until the batteries ran out
  • Construction of Berlin Wall

    Construction of Berlin Wall

    The west and east part of Germany were different so the USSR and the allied powers built a giant wall so none could escape to the other side, mainly the USSR built it.
    It was built in just 2 weeks.
  • Cuban missile crisis

    Cuban missile crisis

    It was a 35 day confrontation of the U.S. and USSR.
    it escalated but luckily nothing really happened.
    It was about the USSR having nuclear armed missiles close to the U.S
  • Moon landing

    Moon landing

    The USSR was the first to get a man made object on the moon but the U.S. was the first to land on the moon.
    4 people were there when landing and all 4 came back safely surprisingly.
    fun fact.This is when one small step for man one giant leap for mankind happened
  • Destruction of Berlin wall

    Destruction of Berlin wall

    It marked the destruction of the iron curtain.the name explains itself its the destruction of the berlin wall.
    The wall was created in 1961.