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Cold War Events Timeline
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Berlin Airligt
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. The United States, United Kingdom, and France controlled western portions of the city, while Soviet troops controlled the eastern sector. The Soviets Built a wall dividing the sections and cut off suplies to that side of berlin. So the United States Air lifted supplies to that side -
Korean War
The War between North and South Korea. The South was led by the United States and the Norht Was led by communist countries. This event is when thing started to get heated between the US and the soviets. -
Space Race
The Space Race was a 20th-century (1955–1972) competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for supremacy in spaceflight capability. -
U-2 Plane
This is where the US’s CIA had a plane trying to spy on the Soviets and the Soviets shot it down and this lead to an embarrassing conference between US and Soviets. -
Bay Of Pigs
This where the US tried to invade Cuba but failed miserably, This was a big hit to the United States Ego and a big leap backwards -
Reagan Visits The Wall
This when Reagan visited the Berlin Wall, this showed continued commitment to the people of West Berlin. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
This was the the closest to the US and the Soviets actually fighting. This includes nuclear warfare also. The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. -
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) were two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union—the Cold War superpowers—on the issue of armament control. The two rounds of talks and agreements were SALT 2 and SALT 1. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups who received aid from several Western countries and several Muslim countries, fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces. -
Reunited Germany
This where East and west Germany reunited, East Germany was no longer Communist, and this was evidence that the War Saw Pact’s days were numbered.
