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    In 19451989 both superpowers (u.s. And soviet union) were fighting for dominance around the world. Although the cold war had many different tensions The United States and The Soviet Union never physically fought. At one point they did get close to fighting in the events Division of Berlin, Iron curtain, Cuban Missile Crisis and the Marshall plan.

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    In 19451989 both superpowers (u.s. And soviet union) were fighting for dominance around the world. Although the cold war had many different tensions The United States and The Soviet Union never physically fought. At one point they did get close to fighting in the events Division of Berlin, Iron curtain, Cuban Missile Crisis and the Marshall plan.

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    HayleyNadolny
    Mrs.Howell
    Period4
    2,June2015
    TheBreakingPoint
    Its1953andyourcountryisneutral,thenallofasuddentheyareforcedtojointhe
    Communistmeanwhilecountriesaredividingandfightingagainsttheopposinggovernment.In
    19451989bothsuperpowers(UnitedStatesandSovietUnion)werefightingfordominance
    aroundtheworld.TheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnionwerebothdeterminedtospreadeither
    Democracy(UnitedStates)orcommunism(SovietUnion)toothersmallercountriestoget
    aheadinthefight.Althoughthecoldwarhadmanydifferenttensionstheunitedstatesandthe
    sovietunionneverphysicallyfought.Atonepointtheydidgetclosetofightingintheevents
    DivisionofBerlin,IronCurtain,CubanMissileCrisisandtheMarshallPlan.
    TheDivisionofBerlindidnotonlyaffect2.5millionBerliners,italsocreatedagreater
    tensionandadistrustbetweennations.AfterWWIInooneknewwhattodowithBerlin,sothey
    divideditintofourseparatesectors(France,GreatBritain,Unitedstates,andtheSovietUnion)
    (DocumentB:DivisionofBerlin).OnFebruary1945threeoutoffourofthesesectorsdecidedto
    unitetogether,theSovietUnionwasunsatisfiedabouttheseforcesjoiningtogether.TheSoviet
    UnionputuptheBerlinWall,thiscutoffallcommunications,transportsoffoodandsupplies,
    roadsandelectricity.TheUnitedStatesdecideditwastimeforaction!TheBerlinWallwas
    quitehardtogetoverandhelppeopleinneedso,theUnitedStatesusedtheairtogetitthere.
    ThiswascalledtheBerlinAirlift,withthistheUnitedStates,FrenchandGreatBritainprovided


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    WesternGermany(2.5millionpeople)withfood,medicine,waterandcoal(Notebookpage93).
    AlthoughtheDivisionofBerlincausedagreatamountoftensionthiswasnottheonlythingthat
    cameclosetoNuclearWarfare.
    AlthoughtheIronCurtaindividedEasternEuropeandWesternEurope,theIronCurtain
    neverdividedthetensionthetwosectorshadagainstoneanother.WhenWinstonChurchill
    madeaspeechabouttheboundaryChurchillstates,Behindthatlinelieallcapitalsofthe
    ancientstatesofCentralandEasternEurope(DocumentA:IronCurtain).Thisspeechprovided
    theUnitedStateswithinformationabouttheopposingsidesinEurope.Asononepartoftheline
    wastheWarsawPact(SovietUnionandCommunistnations)andontheopposingsidewasthe
    NATO(UnitedStatesandotherDemocraticnations).TheIronCurtaintookaplaceofdefence
    betweenEuropeandothernations.AlthoughtheIronCurtainwasoneofthemanycomplications
    oftheColdWar,itwasalsooneofthemanyreasontheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnion
    almostwentintonuclearwarfare.
    DuringthetimeoftheCubanMissileCrisiswastheclosestthattheUnitedStatesandthe
    SovietUnionevergottonuclearwarfare.OnJanuary1,1959FidelCastroassumespowerover
    theCubanterritory.ThisiswhentheSovietUniontookachanceandinvadesCuba.Itwasno
    longerthanayearwhenCubajoinedforceswiththeSovietUnion(December19,1960).Since
    CubaisonlyacloseproximityawayfromtheUnitedStatestheSovietUnionknewwhereto
    strategicallyplacethemissiles.OncetheUnitesStateslearnedwhattheSovietUnionwasdoing
    theyacteduponitratherquickly.TheUnitedStatessentaU2(spymission)tocapturepictures
    oftheplacementofmissiles.Therewas4missilesalongthelineofNorthernCuba,theUnited
    Stateshadthreebases,twoontheedgeofFloridaandonedirectlyinCuba.Also,theUnited


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    StateshadanairandnavalblockadearoundallofCuba(DocumentG:CubanMissileCrisis).
    NikitaKhrushchevsentalettertoPresidentKennedyabouttheCubanMissileCrisis,statingthat
    theSovietUnionisupsetthattheUnitedStateswantsthemtowithdrawtheirweapons.Although
    theUnitedStateshasweaponsdirectedandreadytofireattheSovietUnion(DocumentF:
    CubanMissileCrisisLetter).AlthoughtheCubanMissileCrisiswascausingmasspanicinthe
    UnitedStates,theSovietUnionandtheUnitedStatesworkedtogethertosolvethisproblem.
    AlthoughtheColdWarhadmanydifferenttensions,UnitedStatesandtheSovietUnion
    neverphysicallydeclaredwar.Atonepointtheydidgetclosetofightingintheeventson
    DivisionofBerlin,IronCurtain,andtheCubanMissileCrisis.TheDivisionofBerlincreated
    tensionbetweenthesenations.TheIronCurtaindividedwhichnationsareCommunistnations
    andDemocraticnations.LastlytheCubanMissileCrisishelpedtheUnitedStatesrealizehowfar
    theSovietUnionwillgotogetallies.

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