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Berlin blockade (4)
joseph stalin, the soviet leader imposed the berlin blockade from june 24 1948 to may 12 1949 cutting all land and river transit between the west berlin an west germany , the western allies responded with massive airlift to come to west berliners aid. -
korean war (1)
conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives. The war reached international proportions in June 1950 when North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South. -
vietnam war
North Vietnam wanted to reunite the country under Communism, its political and economic system. South Vietnam fought to keep this from happening. The United States helped South Vietnam, but North Vietnam won the war in 1975. Soon Vietnam was a united, Communist country. -
Space race (3)
both the usa and the soviet union began building rockets to use as long- ranged weapons in the years immediately after world war 2 however, this race to build rockets for defense turned into a race to build missiles for space exploration as well. -
suez canal crisis
The egyptian president, nationalized the suez canal. The canal had been owned by the suez canal company, which was controlled by french and british interests. the Egyptian Government seized control of the Suez Canal from the British and French owned company that managed it -
U-2 Incident
The U-2 incident was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet Union in 1960 and that caused the collapse of a summit conference in Paris between the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was a major confrontation in 1962 that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic missiles in Cuba. -
Yom Kippur War (2)
A surprise attack on israeli territory by arab coalition forces on october 6 1973, began the final bloodiest conflict of the arab-israeli wars.The resulting conflict sparked an Arab oil embargo, a superpower confrontation, a global recession, and an Arab-Israeli peace process. Its repercussions are still felt today. -
Soviet war in afghanistan
The Soviet Union went to war in Afghanistan in 1979 over fear that the growing Muslim population in Soviet Central Asia threatened the Soviet control. The war lasted ten years, and the Soviet Union received a devastating defeat. Prior to the Soviet invasion, there were several leadership changes within Afghanistan. -
"Able Archer" Military exercise
In November 1983, NATO conducted Able Archer 83, a war game that realistically modeled a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. At a moment of heightened Cold War tensions following the downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007, this exercise raised the risk of an accidental nuclear war. -
Soviets Downing Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Flight of a passenger jet that was shot down by soviet air-to-air missiles on september 1, 1983 , near sakhalin island, russia killing all 269 people on board.