Cold War by PAYTON ROMERO

Berlin Airlift

383115 — 2025-05-13 22:58:43 UTC

Air supply to West Berlin during the Soviet blockade.

Method: Military & Humanitarian Aid.

Dates: June 26, 1948 - September 30, 1949

Korean War

383115 — 2025-05-13 23:03:41 UTC

U.S. and UN troops defended South Korea from communist North Korea

Method: Military Intervention

Dates: 1950-1953

U.S. Detonates Hydrogen Bomb

383115 — 2025-05-13 23:04:40 UTC

A show of nuclear superiority over the USSR.

Method: Arms Buildup

Date: 1952

Bay of Pigs Invasion

383115 — 2025-06-11 14:38:45 UTC

Failed US - backed attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba

Method: Covert Operations

Date: 1961

Cuban Missile Crisis

383115 — 2025-06-11 14:40:43 UTC

13 day standoff after the US discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba.

Method: Diplomacy and Military Threat

Date: 1962

US Sends Troops to Vietnam

383115 — 2025-06-11 14:42:16 UTC

The US increased military involvement to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam

Method: Military Intervention

Date:1965

Pinochet's Coup in Chile

383115 — 2025-06-11 14:45:16 UTC

US supported military coup ousted socialist president Salvador Allende; Augusto Pinochet took power

Method: Covert Operations

Date: 1973

Nixon's Detente Policy

383115 — 2025-06-11 14:47:36 UTC

Nixon eased tensions with the USSR and signed SALT I, limiting nuclear weapons

Method: Diplomacy

Date: 1972

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

383115 — 2025-06-11 14:50:20 UTC

USSR invaded Afghanistan; the US supported anti - Soviet mujahideen fighters.

Method: Covert Operations

Dates: 1979

Reagan's Defense Buildup

383115 — 2025-06-11 14:52:14 UTC

Reagan increased military spending and developed programs like SDI

Method: Arms Buildup and Military Pressure

Dates: 1981-1989