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Cuban Missile Crisis
n 1962 There was missiles being placed in cuba and the u.s was afraid they might be set off by the soviet and case a nuclear war. This happened because the soviet union’s leader had a good of increasing his nation’s nuclear strike capability. The u.s found the presence of soviet missiles in cuba and thought it was unacceptable so they removed them. -
Korean War
The war began because of the invasion of south korea. Also north korea ignored the un because they invaded south korea.The u.s sent troops for south.This happened because north korea and refused to leave. 1,300,000 south koreans 1,000,000 Chinese koreans and 37,000 American died -
Vietnam War
By 1957 Communist rebels in South Vietnam had begun fighting Diem’s government.a Vietnamese group called the Viet Minh declared Vietnam’s independence. But the French still wanted to rule Vietnam as a colony. The two sides fought an eight-year war, called the French Indochina War -
Berlin Wall
On November 10, 1958 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev delivered a speech in which he demanded that the Western powers of the United States, Great Britain and France pull their forces out of West Berlin within six months.This ultimatum sparked a three year crisis over the future of the city of Berlin that culminated in 1961 with the building of the Berlin Wall.with the building of the Berlin Wall. -
Six-Day War
Third Arab-Israeli War brief war that took place June 5–10, 1967, and was the third of the Arab-Israeli wars. Prior to the start of the war, attacks conducted against Israel by fledgling Palestinian guerrilla groups based in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan had increased, leading to costly Israel America. Countries were separated (Six-Day War)June 5–10, 1967, -
Potsdam Conference
July 17-August 2 the leaders discussed a peace settlements.They did this because they were tired of fighting. Also because they didn't start another war. -
Suez Crisis
july 26 19 56 Nasser reacted to the American and British decision by declaring martial law in the canal zone and seizing control of the Suez Canal Company, predicting that the tolls collected from ships passing through the canal would pay for the dam’s construction within five years.This keep people away from yo territory. -
"Sputnik"
both the us and soviet we're working to develop new technology. They each launched their new technology to get ahead one another. Us and the soviet union did this -
"Sputnik"
both the us and soviet we're working to develop new technology. They each launched their new technology to get ahead one another. Us and the soviet union did this -
Berlin Wall
The division of Germany and its capital city of Berlin among the four victors of the Second World War was frozen in time by the onset of the Cold War despite the ] -
Soviet uprisings
by 1982 some 2.8 million Afghans had sought asylum in Pakistan, and another 1.5 million had fled to Iran -
Glasnost and Perestroika
Gorbachev launched glasnost following his introduction of perestroika, a program aimed at restructuring Soviet economic and political policy.The economic bureaucracy, fearing the loss of its power and privileges, seeking to bring the soviet union up to economic par with capitalist capitalist countries such as germany,japan and the united states. -
Soviet uprisings
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, invasion of Afghanistan in late December 1979 by troops from the Soviet Union.These uprisings, along with internal fighting and coups within the government caused the Soviets to invade the country on the night of Dec. 24, 1979, sending in some 30,000 troops and toppling the short-lived presidency of People’s leader Hafizullah Amin. The Soviets then attempted to eliminate the mujahideen’s civilian support by bombing and depopulating the rural areas. -
NATO
They started building nuces. They built them just in case people tried to use nukes on them. There was no war or use of nuclear weapons because this would not solve anything and just case destruction. -
Warsaw Pact 84
july 1, 1991- may 14,1955 The soviet and eastern europeans created alliance, put troops weapons.. They wanted to create strong defense allIance in response to control east. Warsaw pact caused nationalism and hostility against soviet response was force from the soviet union
