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The Cold War

By andykieckhefer
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    Global Conflicts and Series of Events

  • End of World War II

    End of World War II

    Germany surrrendered in the spring, ending the conflict of World War II as well as breaking the alliance of the United States and the Soviet Union
  • Beginning of Berlin Blockade and airlift

    Beginning of Berlin Blockade and airlift

    the sovit eastern half of berlin was blocked off by the Russians, and the US, Great Britain and other allied powers flew in supplies to the people in that zone.
  • Joseph McCarthy's Accusations

    Joseph McCarthy's Accusations

    Joseph McCarthy, a senator from Wisconsin began accusing people in the government of being communist.
  • USSR's Sputnik launched

    USSR's Sputnik launched

    The USSR launched a satelite into orbit. This scared the US because they thought that if the USSR could launch something into space, then the could launch a missle at us from Russia.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    It was a failed attempt by the US to invade Cuba and overthrow their government.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    John F. Kennedy announced to the nation that they had discovered missles in Cuba and they were pointed at the US. For more than a week, the whole nation stood still until the US negotiated to have the missles removed.
  • Collapse of the Soviet Union

    Collapse of the Soviet Union

  • End of the Cold War

    End of the Cold War