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Battle of Berlin
Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II. -
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Berlin Blocade
. Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control.
. Their aim was to force the western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the Soviets practical control over the entire city. -
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Korean War
link. war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
. result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II -
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Vietnam war
link. Occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
. fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam -
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Cuban missile crisis
linkCuban and Soviet governments secretly began to build bases .in Cuba for a number of medium-range and intermediate-range ballistic nuclear missiles with the ability to strike most of the continental United States.'
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Withdrawal of the Soviet Union's nuclear missiles from Cuba
Withdrawal of the United States' nuclear missiles from Turkey and Italy
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Soviet war in Afghanistan
. fought by the Soviet Army and the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against the Afghan Mujahideen