Description: The Airlift was to supply Berlin over 11 months due to attacks during the war. Over 2 million tons of supplies kept the country above water.

Description: The Soviet Union and China invaded South Korea to make Korea a communist regime. The United States saw this as a communist expansion while North Korea saw it as a chance to unify under communism.

Description: Over 450 more times as powerful than the bomb dropped in Nagasaki, also called "Operation Ivy" which yielded 10.4 megatons

Description: United States bombed Vietnam and over 400000 US troops had came to the country. This was the beginning of the Vietnam war

Description: The USSR had placed missiles on Cuba and USA had secretly put missiles in Turkey as well. Interestingly enough, 90% of USA was within range of the missiles. U2 flights placed missiles on Cuba which led the USA to be able to invade using air strike and blockade. Decision was made for a blockade to happen on the 22nd but Kennedy had gotten a letter that Khrushchev wrote that stated, "the USSR will remove the missiles if the USA promised to not invade Cuba."

Description: John Kennedy supported an invasion on Cuba by anti-Castro supporters that had under 1500 Cuban exiles. The invasion was to lead a uprising against Castro but it failed and created a political incident, and an embarrassing one, on JFK. The US had to may $53 million to Cuba

Description: Chile elected Salvador Allende, a socialist, for president. Richard Nixon thought that the election was a communist threat. There was an idea that Chilean military officers were to throw over the government. Allende was then assassinated in 1973 and was replaced by Pinochet. The new regime killed thousands of Allende supporters and USA gave Pinochet's economic and military force support.

Description: Brought to conclusion by President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev signed the ABM Treaty and Interim Agreement

Description: Soviet troops were sent in to support the government against Islamic Mujaheddin. Mujaheddin controlled over 75% of Afghanistan and the Russian armies started to weaken. Army boots lasted 10 days before dying due to the bad environment of the Afghanistan mountains. Russian soldiers left Mujaheddin and America put a ban on the export of grain to Russia.

Description: This system involves a space-based defense system and Reagans cold war politics continued to place missiles in West Europe. This built up defense because Reagan is creating to help the US