https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk Made with a dash of awesome en-us 2018-05-14 14:53:56 UTC 2026-01-05 23:14:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rocket.png stephanie_schreyer https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk/wish/261607705 The US and the Russians fought together as allies against the Access powers. In such a hostile atmosphere, no single party is entirely to blame for the Cold War. In fact, some historians believed it was inevitable. ]]> 2018-05-17 14:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk/wish/261607705 stephanie_schreyer https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk/wish/261608480 The Marshall Plan channeled over 13 billion dollars to finance economic recovery of Europe from the United States of America. The plan is named for the Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who announced the plan in a commencement speech at a Harvard commencement on June 5, 1947.]]> 2018-05-17 14:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk/wish/261608480 stephanie_schreyer https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk/wish/261611914 After WWII, the allies partitioned the defeated Germany into a Soviet, American , and British occupied zone. Berlin, the German capital city was located deep in the Soviet zone. But, it was also divided into four sections. This effort known as the Berlin Airlift lasted more than a year and carried more than 2.3 million tons of cargo into West Berlin.]]> 2018-05-17 14:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk/wish/261611914 stephanie_schreyer https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk/wish/261614560 On June 25, 1950 the Korean War began when some 75 thousand soldiers from the North Korean army poured across the 38th parallel.  In all, 5000 solders lost their lives. The Korean peninsula is still divided today.]]> 2018-05-17 14:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk/wish/261614560 stephanie_schreyer https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk/wish/261617113 Sputnik was the first earth satellite launched into space by the Russians. It was launched on October 4, 1957. ]]> 2018-05-17 14:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk/wish/261617113 stephanie_schreyer https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk/wish/261617553 Germany's communist government and democratic republic began to build a barbed wire and concrete wall that separated east and west Berlin. people were ecstatic to tear down the wall on November 9, 1989.]]> 2018-05-17 14:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/c23taylor_keller_r/tpz5fae9zgdk/wish/261617553