Question

What were the key events during the Cold War?
Present as a list.

Answer 1

1948: Berlin Airlift
1950-53: Korean War1956: Soviet invasion of Hungary
1962: Cuban missile crisis
1955-72: Space race landmarks
1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall

Answer 2

Events preceding the Second World War, and even the Russian Revolution of 1917, underlay pre–World War II tensions between the Soviet Union, western European countries, and the United States.