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the cold war
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CZECHOSLAVAKIA GOES COMMUNIST
it was one the last non-communist nations in eastern europe and this made congress angry. -
BERLIN AIRLIFT
planes were used to bring in food and supply's to West Berlin and this landed every few minutes, by may 1949, the soviet union realized it was beaten and lifted the blockade. -
NATO
NATO- NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGINIZATION was seen as being a viable military deterrent against the militarymight of the Soviet Union.in responce to nato admitting the membership of West Germany. -
NORTH KOREA ATTACKS SOUTH KOREA
North Korea forces swept across the 38th parallel in a surprise attack on South Korea, the coflict after that became called the korean war. -
THE WARSAW PACT
the warsaw pact was the Soviet Union's responce to West Germany about joining NATO andcame into being in may 1955. -
EISENHOWER DOCTORINE
said that the united states would defend the middle east against an attack by any communist country in march the congress approved the doctrine.n -
SOVIET'S LAUNCH SPUTNIK
history changed when the soviet union successfully launched Spudnik 1, it was the worlds first artificial satalite and was about the size of a beach ball, and this satellite takes 98 minutes to orbit the earth.
