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First crisis of the cold war. During the multinational occupation of post WWII Germany, the Soviet which blocked the Western Allies.
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The prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other western nations to form the "North Atlantic Treaty Organization." (NATO)
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The Warsaw Pact also known as friendship cooperation and mutual assistance. Collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw Poland among Soviet Union.
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First satellite. The Soviet Union launched into low Earth orbit.
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Construction of the wall caused a short-term crisis in U.S. - Soviet bloc relations, and the wall itself came to symbolize the Cold War.
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This was a 13 day confrontation between U.S. and Soviet Union.
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Stepping off the lunar landing module Eagle, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon.
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The fall of the wall, so the citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's boarders.
