Studied by 6 people25/05/1961
Kennedy announces by the end of the decade he will have put a man on the moon
04/10/1957
USSR send the 1st manmade satellite orbit the Earth
03/11/1957
USSR send the 1st animal into space dog called Laika
18/12/1958
USA launch the 1st communications satellite
12/04/1961
USSR send the 1st man into space Yuri Gagarin
05/05/1961
USA send the 1st human crewed spaceship controlled by Alan Shepard
16/06/1963
USSR send the 1st woman into space Valentina Tereshkova
20/07/1964
USA put the 1st man on the moon Neil Armstrong
23/04/1971
USSR 1st human crewed spaceship
15/07/1975
USA and USSR Apollo-Soyuz
06+07/1953
War reaches stalemate Ceasefire
1949
Kim asks Stalin to help him invade South Korea
06/1950
North Korea invades South Korea
09/1950
USA lands in Inchon drove North Korea back to the 38th parallel
10/1950
China takes Seoul
04/1950
General MacArthur is dismissed for calling nuclear arms
1950
Stalin agrees to send equipment but no troops
1950 (2)
The UN votes to withdraw North Korean soldiers Send troops to support Rhee's government
1949
NATO formed
Original NATO countries 12
UK, USA, Canada, France, Norway, The Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg, Portugal, West Germany
Original Warsaw countries 8
USSR, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Hungary, Poland, East Germany
Where was NATO held?
1952-USA and UK 1990-France
Where was WP held?
USSR
NATO who had the most power
Collective USA: maj of funds, fire power, built bases in West Europe
WP who had the most power?
Collective USSR: fire power, decisions made in Moscow
NATO military
50 divisions (25 active) 1952- strength increased
WP military
175 divisions 35,000 tanks 100,000 aircrafts 5,500,000 personnel
05/04/1948
Soviet and GB plane crashes
04/1948
Mini Blockade
24/04/1948
Full Blockade
12/05/1949
End of Blockade
26/06/1948
400 tonnes/3mins/day
23/05/1949
FDR
15/04/1949
Easter Parade
03/1948
West Berlin unifies East follows
10/1949
GDR
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