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The First Battle of the Cold War.Western countries delivered the food and supplies through airlift. Every other way was blocked by Soviet Union. -
The creation of NATO was to provide security against the Soviet Union. It was the first peacetime military alliance in the US to enter. They got their protection to respond to a possible invasion. -
The Warsaw Pact was a political and military alliance. This treaty established a mutual defense organization. It put the Soviet Union in command of the armed forces of member states. -
Sputnik is the first Earth satellite. It was launched into a low Earth orbit. The Soviet Union launches it as part of their program. -
The Communist government of GDR began to build a wall between East and West Berlin.It was built to prevent the population too escape the Soviet, East to West Berlin.It symbolizes the Iron Curtain. -
This Crisis is a 35-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States.It turned into a different crisis. The International when American deployments were matched with the Soviet Union. -
The Eagle of the Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon this day. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first two people to land on the moon. They were also the first to walk on the lunar surface. -
This destruction was an event in world history which marked the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe.It happened during the Cold War. It escalated pressure on people.