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First major international crisis of the Cold War. Western allies organized the Berlin Airlift.
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Alliance with North America and Europe against Soviet Union
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War between the North and South Korea. United States joined South Korea. (U.S. and South Korea won.)
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The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe established an alliance.(Poland, Hungary)
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Fighting to stop communism. (U.S. won)
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First artificial Earths satellite. Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit.
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Germany built a wall around Berlin to protect it from invaders.
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Americas deployment in Italy and Turkey, USSR deployment in Cuba.
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U.S. sent man to walk on the moon.
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Germany knocked down the Berlin Wall.
