The Cold War
1948
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
BERLIN BLOCKADE
BERLIN BLOCKADE
1949
FORMATION OF NATO
USSR JOINS THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
CHINESE REVOLUTION
USSR JOINS THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
CHINESE REVOLUTION
So USSR has entered the Atomic Arms Race, this created a stalemate between them and the USA. Both nations having the ability to severely damage each other through nuclear war, and being proactive to the others attack. The formation of NATO would signify a presence of countries whose aim was to slow and eventually stop Communism.