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berlin airlift
soviet union blocked western allies -
Creation of NATO
U.S., Canada and other European Nations provide security against soviet union NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization -
Creation of warsaw pact
It was a political and military alliance established between the USSR and several eastern Europe countries. -
sputnik
Soviet Union launched first artificial earth satellite -
Construction of Berlin Wall
East germans wanted to move to the west part of Germany but East Germans built a wall to prevent that. -
CUban Missile Crisis
Confrontation between the U.S. and USSR Concerning American Ballistic Missile deployment in Italy and Turkey. -
Moon Landing
Apollo ll was the first mission to land a human on the moon -
Destruction of berlin wall
East German announced that all GDR could visit west Germany/Berling
