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The Berlin Airlift took place in Germany. The Soviet Union was blocking the roads, railroads, and the water so western Germany could not get goods. The U.S. flew goods to germany. -
It was a treaty organization with the U.S. Canada and other countries in Europe to provide security. -
The Warsaw pact was a treaty organization. It was a political and military alliance between the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Bulgaria, and other European countries. -
The USSR launched Sputnik on October, 4 1957. Sputnik was the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. The USSR space program launched it into a low elliptical orbit. -
The berlin wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically decided Berlin from 1961- 1989. It also separated west berlin from east germany territory. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a direct conflict between the U.S. and the USSR. The U.S and the USSR were in conflict with each other and there were nuclear threats for 12 days. -
The moon landing that landed the first humans on the moon. It was the module Apollo 11 with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as the pilot. -
The destruction of the Berlin wall happened when the cold war started to thaw. The spokesmen in Berlin announced there relationship with western germany. They said they were good to destroy it and the people of the GDR could cross county borders after midnight.