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Cold War

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  • First Berlin crisis

    First Berlin crisis
    The Soviet Union imposed a 10 month long blockade on the city of Berlin, to be specific on West Berlin. The Western power carried support to the population through an airlift.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    The Korean War began in 1950, when North Korean forces, supported by the Soviet Union and China, invaded South Korea. The conflict ended in an armistice, with Korea remaining divided along the 38th parallel in 1953.

  • Revolution of 1956

    Revolution of 1956
    In the Hungarian capital, Budapest, a revolution and freedom fight broke out on the 26th of October 1956.

  • The Berlin Wall

    The Berlin Wall
    The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 in one night. It aimed to separate West Berlin from the GDR.

  • First man in the space

    First man in the space
    Important event of the space race between the two superpowers is the first space voyage. In the expedition the Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth with the Vostok 1.

  • Cuban missile crisis

    Cuban missile crisis
    The USA imposed a blocked on Cuba, because Khrushchev agreed with Castro about the installation of missiles, it meant a huge threat to the USA.

  • War of Afghanistan

    The Soviet Union attacked Afghanistan in order to create a buffer state, the driving force was the Brezhnev-doctrine.

  • Summit of Malta

    It was a meeting between the U.S. president George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mihail Gorbachev. This meeting marks the end of the Cold War.