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A political metaphor used to describe the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas. The soviet union used satellites states from open contact with the rest. -
was one of the first major international crisis of cold war. Soviet union blocked the allies railway, road. -
North Atlantic Treaty organization was created in 1949. Created by the United States, Canada, and several western European nations. -
North Korea and South Korea fought. North Korea was supported by China and Soviet Union and South Korea was supported by United States and United Nations. -
Was a military and political effort to overthrow the government of Cuba. Cuban coup d'état which placed Fulgencio Batista as head of state. -
Untied States and the Soviet union a competition between the two. Became a symbol of broad ideological and political contest. -
was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was a major conflict of the Cold War. -
Also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression[b] in the Arab world. Was a British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt -
Us U-2 spy plane was shot down by Soviet Air Defense Forces. The aircraft had taken off from Peshawar, Pakistan, and crashed near Sverdlovsk. -
was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba by the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary. 106 people died during the invasion. -
was the last major European political and military incident of the Cold War. The crisis culminated in the city's de facto partition with the East German erection of the Berlin Wall. -
was a 13 day confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States. America deployment of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. -
Jointly invaded by four Warsaw Pact countries. The invasion stopped Alexander Dubcek's Prague Spring liberalization reforms and strengthened the authoritarian wing of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. -
was a major conflict of the cold war. Fought in the Soviet controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. -
Began with the explosion of the No.4 reactor of the Nuclear Power Plant. Is on of only 2 nuclear energy accidents rated at seven.