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Soviet forces blocked rail, road, and water access to allied controlled areas of berlin. The US and the United Kingdom's decided to airlift fuel and food to Berlin. It was done in Germany. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949. It was made by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere. -
Formally known as the Treaty of Friendship. Co-operation and Mutual Assistance. The Warsaw Pact was created on 14 May 1955, immediately after the accession of West Germany to the Alliance. -
The Sputnik helped the USSR get closer in the space race. It was made by the USSR to compete with the US. It was also the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. -
The moon landing was something that was the main focus of the space race. The US won with their Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. It is what helped America win. -
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin. It ran from 1961 to 1989 as well as encircling and separating West Berlin from East German territory. Construction of the wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic on 13 August 1961. -
The Soviet Union secretly installed missiles in Cuba. The USSR and US go closest to fighting here. The US argued on how to take the missiles away from Cuba. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall was on 9 November 1989. It was a pivotal event in world history which marked the falling of the Iron Curtain and one of the series of events that started the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe.1 preceded by the Solidarity Movement in Poland.