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Hot Spots In The Cold War

What was it?

Marshall Plan

A program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of World War II.

Arms Race

The nuclear arms race was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.

Arms Race

U2 Incident

U2 Incident

The U2 Incident was when the USA was flying over the Soviet Union, and we were spying onn them as well. However, we didn't manage to get rid of the tapes, and so when the U2 went down, the people from the Soviet Union saw our evidence.

Berlin Airlift

What was it?

At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany.

What was it?

Korean War

The Korean War (1950-1953) began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. As Kim Il-sung's North Korean army, armed with Soviet tanks, quickly overran South Korea, the United States came to South Korea's aid.

Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall

The berlin wall was created because the soviets didn't want people on the east side to over to the west side of Germany. So , Soviets built the wall so people wouldnt move.

Cuban Missile Crisis

October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Vietnam War

Was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.

Vietnam War

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