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U.S. ordered a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin.
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The first peacetime military alliance. Lead by U.S.
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A political and military alliance. Lead by USSR.
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The Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite.
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Constructed the Berlin Wall to separate East and West Berlin.
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13 day confrontation. Soviet was going to land missiles in Cuba and the U.S. said if they cross the U.S. they are going to sink their ship.
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Landed the first two humans on the moon.
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Destroyed the Berlin Wall so the East and West Berlin could be joined.