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the U.S. and U.K. delivered more than 2.3 million tons of food, fuel, and supplies to West Berlin. More than 278,000 airdrops. American aircrews made more than 189,000 flights, totaling nearly 600,000 flying hours.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created by the U.S., Canada, and Western European nations. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere. -
The U.S. had 5 years of simmering tensions with them. The Northern Korean People's Army invaded South Korea in a coordinated general attack at several strategic places. This made a line for a communist country.
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The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union. Seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe. Formally known as the Treaty of Friendship. -
A long costly and divisive conflict. That pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam. And its principal ally the United States.
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The Soviet Union launched the Earth's first satellite. This started the race to space. The Sputnik was a size of a basketball that lasted for three months. -
The Berlin Wall was built during the Cold War. Because the Wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany. And from East Berlin until government officials opened it in November 1989. -
The U.S. And the soviet union were on the brink of a nuclear conflict. This was the closest two superpowers came to a nuclear war. This lasted for thirteen days.
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The main objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F Kennedy on May 25, 1961. Space was the latest theater for battling the Cold War and provided an opportunity for the United States to promote leadership. The technological advances of a free and democratic society. -
Five days after half a million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest. the Berlin Wall dividing communist East Germany from West Germany crumbled. Which set freedom for many people.