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Soviets blockaded allied supplies from getting into allied territories so the U.S. and UK airlifted the supplies through the blockade
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created between 29 North American and European countries to protect each other against the Communist Soviet Union.
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A war between North and South Korea when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border.
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Created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO
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A conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia over Northern communist Vietnam and Southern Vietnam
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The USSR launched earths very first artificial satellite.
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The Berlin Wall was constructed to divide Democratic West Berlin from Communist East Berlin.
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A 13 day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union which was started when the U.S. discovered Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
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The United States Apollo 11 landed on the moon, marking the first successful human expedition to the moon and the first time man walked on the moon.
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The destruction of the Berlin Wall paved the way for the German reunification.
