Alliances
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization that was a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 including the United States, Canada, and ten Western European countries.
THE WARSAW PACT: Alliance formed in 1955 between the Soviets and Eastern European nations.
*In 1961, the Soviets built the Berlin Wall to separate East and West Berlin.
THE WARSAW PACT: Alliance formed in 1955 between the Soviets and Eastern European nations.
*In 1961, the Soviets built the Berlin Wall to separate East and West Berlin.
Nuclear Warfare
The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949. Both, the United States and the Soviet Union developed the more powerful bomb- the hydrogen bomb.
*Brinkmanship was the policy of willingness to go to the edge of war.
*Brinkmanship was the policy of willingness to go to the edge of war.
Cold War in the Skies
The Soviets launched Sputnik, the first unmanned satellite, in 1957, beginning the space race. In 1960, an American U2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviets. This increased tensions.