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The Korean War Begins
This is the begining of some conflicts between the Americans and the USSR -
The Begining
The Cold war was marked by continous rivalry between two World War allies, the United States and the Soviet Union. -
NATO Formed
Ten Western European nations joined the US and Canada to form the North Atlantic Treaty organization. An anti-Soviet military alliance. -
The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The Berlin Blockade was the frst major crisis of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railway, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin. -
The Berlin Airlift
The United States begins Operation Vittles, the 11th month Berlin Airlift, which brings nessary supplies into the city by plane. -
W\arsaw Pact
The Soviet Union formed a Communist military alliance intented to counter the threat posed by the West's North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
The First Atomic Bomb
The Soviet Union detonates its first tomic bomb, causing shock and fear in the US -
The Korean War Ends
The stop of a large scale open warfare between the Allies and the communist side until the Vietnam war. -
China Persues Bomb
Chinese leader Mao Zendong decieds China should build its own nuclear bomb -
Great Leap Forward
China begins the Great Leap Forward, a plan to industrialize the nation.
