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First major international crises of the Cold war. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railway,road,and canal access.
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Created by the U.S, Canada, and several Westren Nations, to go against soviet union. the first peacetime military alliance.
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A military alliance of communist nations in Eastren Europe. made to answer the NATO. USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania.
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The sputnik was the first artificial earth satellite. Orbited for 3 weeks. The USSR launched it the united states had a part to.
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United States landed on the moon. Apollo11. First human to touch the moon.
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Construction of the wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic on August 13,1961. The wall cutt off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany , including East Berlin.
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A 13 say confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union it came close to nuclear conflict.
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Germany put pressure on the East German government to loosen some of its regulations and on to travel to West Germany