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Berlin Blockade and Airlift
This was a turning point in post World War 2 Europe. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
This is significant as it was a turning point in post World War 2 Europe. -
Korean War
This is where things really got heated between the Soviets and the US. -
Korean War
this was significant because it was a period where tension between the US and Soviets skyrocketed. -
U-2 Reconnaissance Plane
This is where the US's CIA had a plane trying to spy on the Soviets and the Soviets shot it down and this lead to an embarrassing conference between US and Soviets. (Embarrassing for the US) -
Bay of Pigs
This where the US tried to invade Cuba but failed miserably, this embarrassed the US, but boosted the Soviet's ego. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This even is very significant as this was the the closest to the US and the Soviets actually fighting. This includes nuclear warfare also. -
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
This is significant because during that period the United States and the Soviet Union negotiated the first agreements to place limits and restraints on some of their central and most important armaments. This was essentially the first step towards slowing the arms race. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War can be considered a "proxy" war in the Cold War. Although the Soviet Union and the United States did not directly go to war, they each supported a different side in the war. The Viet Cong were Vietnamese rebels in the South who fought against the Southern Vietnam government and the United States. -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
This is very signifiant because the Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country.
