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10 Events From The Cold War
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The Overlord Rising
⟶ Updated 15 Mar 2018 ⟶
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WWI Major Battles
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Events
------------Warsaw Pact------------ ~May 14, 1955~ *A pact signed in Warsaw, Germany (hence the name), including the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members. * This was seen as a militaristic threat to the U.S.A.
--------------Korean War--------------- ~June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953~ *North Korea was supported by Russia because they were both communist, while South Korea was supported by the U.S. for obvious reasons. North Korea pushed back the border, but the U.S. helped push it back its origins. Overall, nothing was accomplished and the two countries are still divided today. *Shows the efforts the U.S. went through to eradicate communism
----U-2 Reconnaissance Plane---- ~(Flights Started in) May 1960~ *A reconnaissance plane flew over Russian territory during the month of May, but unfortunately, the plane was shot down on its first flight. *A huge advance in aerial based espionage
------------Bay of Pigs------------ ~ April 17-19, 1961~ *Another Communist and Democratic standoff, but this time it's for a revolting Cuba. *Another circumstance that shows the hatred between the Democrats and the Communists.
--------------Cuban Missile Crisis-------------- ~October 14-28, 1962~ *A standoff between Russia and U.S.A. that was caused by the missiles put in Cuba by the Russian government. Resulted in Russia taking their missiles out of Cuba and the U.S. taking theirs out of Turkey. *Closest America and Russia ever got to nuclear war, reaching DEFCON 2.
----------------SA.L.T. 1---------------- ~November 17, 1969~ *The Soviet General Secretary, Leonid Brezhnev, and U.S. president, Richard Nixon. both met to speak about arms limitations in Finland. These meetings were first planned by Nixon's predecessor, Johnson. *First time that the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles that both could have.
------Soviets Invade Afghanistan------ ~December 1979 - February 1989~ *An attempt by the U.S.S.R. to subdue the Afghan Civil War, while still invading Afghanistan *A turning point in the war because the Afghans stood up to the Soviets and won without the U.S.A.'s help.
----------Reunited Germany---------- ~November 9, 1989~ *The Berlin wall was brought down, so that Germany could be whole again. People even fled through Hungary to escape East Germany, before the wall came down. *The first time since 1945, that they have had one, unified government.
----Berlin Blockade and Airlift---- ~June 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949~ * Berlin became sealed off from East Berlin and East Germany. *All rail systems were blocked off, so the allied powers had to send aircrafts over West Berlin to drop care packages/resources
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-----------Space Race----------- ~Oct 4, 1957 - 1975~ *Started off with the Russian vessel, Sputnik, meaning "traveler" in English. This advancement in technology made America jealous, so they founded NASA in order to beat Russia. *Ended when an Apollo-Soyuz joint mission rendezvoused in orbit and 1 Russian and 1 American astronaut shook hands through the docking bay. Symbolizing that the Cold War was coming to an end.
