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Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied- controlled areas of Berlin. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from air bases in Western Germany. -
Founded in response to the threat posed by the soviet union -
War between North Korea and South Korea due to the invasion of South Korea -
Formally known as the ‘Treaty of friendship’ the warsaw pact was created immediately after the accession of West Germany to the Alliance -
Long, costly, and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and South Vietnam and its principle ally the United States -
The soviet union successfully launched Sputnik I into space, making it the world's first artificial satellite. Marking the start of the space age and the U.S and U.S.S.R space race. -
The communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a concrete wall with barbed wire between East and West Berlin. -
Direct and Dangerous confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union. This instance was the closest the two superpowers became close to nuclear warfare. -
The moon landing is the arrival of the spacecraft Apollo 11 on the surface of the moon -
As the cold war began to spread across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin’s communist party announced that starting at midnight that day, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders.