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Berlin airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. -
creation of NATO
communist expansion caused the US and 11 other western nations to form NATO -
Creation of the warsaw pact
the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization -
Sputnik
First artificial Earth satellite (Soviet Union launched) -
construction of berlin wall
the government of west germany built a wall made of concrete and barbed wire across the border -
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Cuban Missle crisis
the USA finds out that the soviet union has missiles in Cuba -
Moon landing
apollo 11 launched and landed on the moon -
destruction of the Berlin wall
the head of east Germany announced that citizens could cross the berlin border whenever they wanted to
