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berlin blockade and airlift
the berlin blockade was one of the first major international crisis of the cold war. the soviets blocked off all western allies from berlin -
korean war
the korean war was between north and south korea. the united states of america sent out troops to help defend north korea. -
space race
the space race was 20th century competition two cold war rivals the soviet union and the united states of america -
u-2 recon plane
on may 1st 1960 a u-2 recon plane was shot down in a soviet airspace. the plane was piloted by central intelligence agency francis gary powers -
bay of pigs
the bay of pigs invasion known in latin america as invasion de la playa giron. was a failed millitary invasion of cuba undertaken by CIA -
reagan visits the berlin wall
this is when reagan visited the wall and it sohows how commited he was to help west berlin -
cuban missile crisis
the cuban missile crisis also know as the october crissis the missile scare or the caribbean crisis was a thirteen day confrontation the us and the soviet union over soviet missle deployed in cuba -
strategic arms limitation talks
this was one of the first steps to slow down the arms race between the soviet union and the united states of america -
soviet invades afghanistan
the soviet afghan war lasted over nine years from december 1979 to february 1989 it was part of the cold war -
reunited germany
the german reunifacation was the prosses in 1990 in which the german democratic republic joined the federal republic and made berlin into one city
