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Berlin blockade
Joseph Stalin imposed the berlin blockade cutting off all land and river transit between west berlin and west germany . western allies responded with a massive air lift to come to west berlin's aid. The Soviets tried to abandon their city. -
Korean War
75,000 soldiers from north korean peoples army poured across the 38th parallel,the boundry between the soviet backed demoeratic of people republic of korea to the north and the pro wester republic of korea to the south. The three year war was bloody and left 3 million and ten of thousands of casualties. First confrontation between 2 nuclear powers -
11 space race
The United States and soviet union both started building rockets to use a long range of weapons in the year after world war II. the race to build rockets for defense soon turned into a race to build missiles for space exploration as well -
4 vietnam war
North vietnam wanted to reunite the country under communism its political and economic system south vietnam fought to help it from happening. us helped south vietnam but north ended up winning and later vietnam became a united communist country -
8 suez canal crisis
The Egyptian government seized control of the suez canal from the british and france owned company that managed it had important consequences for u.s relations with both middle eastern countries and european allies -
9 u-2 incident
hopes for success summit were dashed on mayday an american u-2 spy plane piloted by francis gary powers were shot down over soviet airspace -
5 cuban missile crisis
extensive consultation with a foreign policy and military advisors kennedy blockaded cuba on october 22,1962. leaving the 2 sides standing on the brink of the nuclear war. khrushchev capitulated 6 days later and missiles were dismantled. kennedy disbanded his own missile sites in turkey in return -
7 yom kippur war
fourth war of the arab. iseraeli wars was brought by egypt and syria. it occured during ramadan the sacred month of fasting and forgiving in islam -
Soviets Downing Korean Air Lines Flight 007
soviet jets intercepted with a korean airline passenger in russian airspace and shot the plane down. killing 269 passengers and crew members. it was increased tensions between soviet union and united states -
10 soviet war in afghanistan
the soviet intervaned in support of the afganistan communist government in its conflict with anti communist muslims guerrillas during the afgan war -
6 able archer military excercise
conducted archer 83, a war that modeled a nuclear attack on the soviet union, cold war tensions following the downing of korean air lines flight 007. raising high risk pf accidental nuclear war