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Berlin Blockade
( Lasted until 5-12-1949 ) US UK FRANCE USSR
Cut off all land and river transit between west berlin and west germany. Western allies responded with a massive airlift to come to west berlin's aid.
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Korean war
(6 25 1950- 7 27 1953) UK US SOUTH KOREA CHINA USSR NORTH KOREA
The 3 year war was exceptionally bloody and led to the deaths of 3 million people and tens of thousands of casualties.
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space race
The development of powerful rockets allowed the Soviet Union to launch the first artificial satellite on October 4, 1957. It was called Sputnik 1, and it orbited around Earth. On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union sent a dog into orbit. On April 12, 1961, the Russian cosmonaut Yury Gagarin became the first human to circle Earth in space. In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
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Vietnam War
(10 1 1955 - 4 30 1975 ) US SOUTH VIET NORTH VIET MAINLAND CHINA
N VEIT wanted to reunite the country under communism, its political and economic system S VEIT fought to keep this from happening. The US helped S Viet, but N VEIT won the war and veit was a communist country.
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Suez Canal Crisis
(9 29 1956 - 10 7 1956) UK FRANCE ISRAEL EGYPT
UK FRANCE ISRAEL invaded egypt to recover control of the suez canal. its outcome highlighted britain's declining status and confirmed it as a second tier.
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U-2 incident
An American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet airspace. On the first day of the Paris summit, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev stormed out after delivering a condemnation of U.S. spy activities.
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cuban missile crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was an event that occurred in October 1962. The crisis happened during the period known as the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union placed missiles on the island of Cuba, the two major countries came to the brink of nuclear war. In 1959 communists, led by Fidel Castro, had taken control of Cuba. In 1960 the Soviet Union promised to support the communists and to defend Cuba with Soviet weapons.
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Yom Kippur
On October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, Egypt and Syria both attacked Israel. In the Yom Kippur War, Israel pushed both armies back into their own territory but in turn suffered heavy losses. After fighting ceased early in 1974, the UN established neutral zones between those countries and Israel.
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Soviet War in Afghanistan
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 to support the communist regime that had taken over. Another new constitution—adopted in 1987 and revised in 1990—permitted other parties to participate in government. The communist regime managed to hold power after the Soviet forces departed early in 1989.
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"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.
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soviets downing korean air flight 007
On early Sept. 1, 1983, a Soviet interceptor shot down Korean Air Flight 007 en route from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage. All 269 passengers on board were killed as the aircraft crashed into the sea near an island west of Sakhalin, Russia