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The Cold War
The Cold War is fought over 45 years. The two main countries were the Soviet Union and the United States -
The Berlin Airlift
After the Soviet, blockade Berlin. The western powers need a way to give food and supplies to berlin. the only solution was to airlift supplies to berlin. This kept going for ten months, untill may 12, 1949 -
Creation of NATO
To prevent the expansion of the communism, the United States and 11 other western countries joined together. Together they form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). -
The Korean War
The Korean War was from June 1950 - July 1953. It started when North Korea invade South Korea. July 27, 1953 negotiations was finalilzed and fighting stop -
Creation of Warsaw pact
In 1955, six years after creation of the NATO, The Soviet Union and it's seven other Communist nations( eastern nations) created the Warsaw pact alliance. -
The Vietnam War.
The Vietnam war was fought between November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975. The war was fought betweenNorth Vietnam and South Vietnam. Its was mainly fought in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia . The result of the war, was the victory for North Vietnam. -
The Suez War
From October 29 to November 7 ,1956. A war was going on between the Arabs and the Israeli. -
Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 happenned Oct 4th, 1957. It was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit. It was launched by the Soviet Union -
The U-2 incident
The U-2 incident happenned on May 1st ,1960. The incident is when an United States U-2 spy planes was shot over the Soviet Union -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a two days event from April 17-19, 1961. It was an unsuccessful CIA task force that endded up for a win for Castro and his goverment. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
From October 14–28, 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a big deal, when the USSR planted missile in cuba. The Soviet Union threated The United states, if they were to attack cuba, the would attack back. But on October 28, president JFK and president for the USSR came to a agreement . which to create a hotline from Moscow to Washington, D.C
