Cold War Begins

NATO, Warsaw Pact, Berlin: Airlift and Wall

NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

- West European countries

- Protection against Germany, USSR/Soviet Union, communism

- April 4, 1949: 12 members

- Article 5: “An attack against one member nation is against us all”

- 1955: Western Germany

Warsaw Pact

- 7 countries signed with Soviet Union/USSR

- Counterbalanced NATO

- Proxy Wars - no direct fights, spreading Ideas

Berlin Airlift

- In Soviet Berlin

- USSR closed roads, rails, and canals from the West

- Allies airlifted more than 2.3 million tons of cargo

Berlin Wall

- August 1961, East Side built a Wall dividing Berlin

- 12 foot tall

- 4 foot thick

- Stopped travel bet