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Berlin Blockade
One of the first major international crises of the Cold War.Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control. -
Berlin Airlift
Western Allies organised the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin. -
Formation of NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. -
Chinese Civil War
China fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang and forces loyal to the Communist Party of China. -
NSC-68
It was one of the most significant statements of American policy in the Cold War. NSC-68 largely shaped U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War for the next 20 years. -
Korean War
United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
Truman fires MacArthur
The general had devised some brilliant strategies and military maneuvers that helped save South Korea from falling to the invading forces of communist North Korea. -
Formation pf the Warsaw Pact
Named because the treaty was signed in Warsaw. The treaty called on the member states to come to the defense of any member attacked. -
Launch of Sputnik
The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball, weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Was a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. It played out on television worldwide and was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.
