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The us dropped atomic bombs on japan. It was the first time a atomic bomb has been used which ended WWll. -
The Soviets blockade West Berlin, prompting the US and UK to supply the city via the Berlin Airlift. It was the first major confrontations of the Cold War. -
The USSR tests its first nuclear weapon, China becomes communist, and NATO is formed.NATO provided a collective security framework against the Soviet Union. -
The Korean War is fought between communist North and South Korea and it lasted 3 years. It was a major proxy war. -
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The USSR launches Sputnik, beginning the Space Race. It started the space race to see who the first on the moon. -
The Berlin Wall is constructed.it was the most powerful symbol of the Cold War, a physical manifestation of the ideological divide between the Soviet-aligned East and the Western democracies. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink of nuclear war. It was the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war, forcing the U.S. and Soviet Union to confront the dangers of their rivalry and the concept of mutually assured destruction. -
The United States intervenes in the Vietnam War, which lasts until 1975 with a communist victory.
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The US lands astronauts on the Moon, a major victory in the Space Race. -
Soviet forces invade Czechoslovakia to crush the "Prague Spring" reform movement.It enforced Soviet dominance over the Warsaw Pact nations, crushed the Prague Spring's liberalization reforms, and demonstrated the Brezhnev Doctrine in action