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The Berlin Airlift was the blockage of water, railroads, & roads into the allied-controlled parts of Berlin. It was considered one of the first major crises of the cold war. It also increased the aggression of the US towards the USSR & vice versa.
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The creation of nato was a group of nations that bordered the north atlantic ocean. These were all democracy nashion.against the war saw pact that were all communist nations.these were 2 alliances against each other food beliefs of government. -
The Korean War was the invasion of North Korea into South Korea territory. The war ended with no clear victor of the conflict. However, it can be said that the U.S won due to South Korea remaining anti-communist.
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The Creation of Warsaw Pact was formed to counter the competing allies (NATO). The countries in this pact include Poland, Hungary, East Germany, etc. It is also known as the treaty of friendship -
The Vietnam War was the U.S’s attempt to force Vietnam out of communism. The U.S. was not successful in this attempt because of Vietnam’s guerilla tactics & the dense jungle. In the end, Vietnam became a communist country.
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Sputnik was the first manmade satellite to reach a low earth orbit. It was launched by the Soviet Union, & it sent signals back to earth for 3 weeks before its batteries ran out. It started the space age, & it started the creation of NASA. -
this was a wall separating east berlin and west berlin.this wall separated communism and democracy to get to berlin you had to fly a plane to get here.the berlin wall was built so people could not cross to a different belief system -
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the U.S.A & the USSR have gotten to nuclear warfare. It lasted 13 days & was just 90 miles off the coast of the U.S. The drama was caused by the installation of missiles in Cuba. -
On this date Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. making the usa the first to land a person on the moon on the apollo 11. In the area called the sea of tranquility. -
The Destruction of the Berlin Wall was… well the destruction of the Berlin Wall. This event is important because it started the fall of communism in the USSR. The end of the cold war was declared 3 weeks after this event.
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