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Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas.Soviet forces lifted the blockade on land access to western Berlin. after this the crisis ended -
NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere. nations of Europe struggled to rebuild their economies. The former required a massive influx of aid to help the war. -
the political and military alliance was established on May 14, 1955. between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries.The Soviet Union formed this alliance as a counterbalance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization -
this was the first artificial earth satellite. it was a polished metal sphere. it had four external antennas -
East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete “Antifascistischer Schutzwall,”. The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep so-called Western “fascists” from entering East Germany. The Berlin Wall stood until November 9, 1989, when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased. -
during this time the U.S engaged into a military standoff. John F Keneddy warned people about the missiles. people were worried that their was going to be a nuclear war. -
American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans ever to land on the moon.About six-and-a-half hours later, Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. -
the spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West. at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country’s borders.