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Espionage - Igor Gouzenko
Igor Gouzenko
Igor Gouzenko was a Soviet cipher clerk and reported to Canadian authorities of an extensive North American spy network that served the USSR. The RCMP, M15 and FBI became interested in this topic and with Igors information, they rounded up the members of this esponage network. -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was said to be a great idea of how to resolve the low amount of supplies due to a disagreement between Germany's western allies and Russia. -
NATO
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance between 28 countries from North America and Europe who are trying to protect these countries freedom and security by political and military means. NATO is the main security to the transatlantic community and is the reason why North America and Europe are always and forever together. -
The Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conflict between communist and non-communist forces in Korea. On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea while South Korea barely fought back. The end of the war was all thanks to the new President of the U.S Dwight Eisenhower who went to Korea and after 4 tries, spoke of nuclear threats which then an armistice agreement was signed on July 27, 1953 -
Colombo Plan
Colombo Plan
The Colombo Plan was to fight against poverty in countries. Other countries would raise and donate money to support the plan. -
Suez Crisis
Suez Crisis
The Suez Canal was the only direct passage from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and when Egypt's government took over and nationalized the canal, the United States and Britain got very angry. Britain and France joined forces with Israel to attack Egypt. After their victory, Egypt sank 40 ships which blocked all passage. Britain and France were forced to back down and Egypt re-took control of the canal. -
Hungarian Revolution
Hungarian Revolution
On October 23, 1956, there was a large outbreak between the Soviets and Hungary. 12 days later on November 4, Soviet forces launched an attack on Hungary. In mid November, Hungary was defeated. -
Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall divided West Berlin and East Germany and was also the symbolic boundary between democracy and communism during the cold war. The wall was built in the dead of night and 28 years later, was destructed and people around the world celebrated that it was gone. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missiles Crisis
The Cuban Missiles Crisis was the closest the world has evergotten to a nuclear war. The United States and Cuba were ready for battle but the bravery of 2 men, John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, had the war stopped before it came. -
Peacekeeping Missions - Cyprus
Cyprus
This peacekeeping mission was made to prevent further fighting between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkkish Cypriot. Without a political settlement, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is supervising the situation. -
SALT Agreement
SALT Agreement
Strategic Arms Limitation Talk (SALT) was an agreement which discussed negotiations between the U.S and the Soviet Union. Its purpose was to reduce the number of strategic nuclear missiles made. -
USSR Summit Series
Summit Series
In the final few seconds of the final period of the final game of the series, the score wwas tied 5-5. Paul Henderson, left-winger of the Canadian team, had the puck and shot at the Russian goalie. He had saved the puck from going in the net but it bounced back out and Henderson shot the rebound and scored. He had just won the series for Canada. -
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Americans had a revolution against Nicaragua after suffering from defeat in Vietnam. To the Americans, the revolution was an inspiration. -
Afghanistan 1980's
Afghanistan
During Christmas, the Russians came to thee capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, and on the 27th, shot and killed the Afghanistan Prime Minister Hazifullah Amin who was later replaced by Babrak Kamal. It was said that Afghanistan was a summary of the Cold War. -
Gorbachev Revolution
Gorbachev Revolution
Dr. Daniel S. Papp, a famous and well listened to observer wrote an article as the 1980's were coming. It was about how Russia could have a very grim future. There were very many questions in this article that were answered by Mikhail Gorbachev. When he answered these questions, the world was amazed while Time magazine called it the Gorbachev Revolution. -
US Star Wars
Star WarsStar Wars was what people often called the strategic defense initiative (SDI) which was a United States government program used for research and development of a space-based system to defend the U.S from strategic missiles. Star Wars was first announced by President Ronald Reagan in a speech. -
Olympic Politics
Olympic Politics
One of the biggest cases of politics that occured during the Olympics was a rivalry between the U.S and the Soviet Union. There are many other cases that can be explored.
(1896 was the first olympic games held in the modern era. The date is not during the summer...)
