Sino-Soviet border clash (mar 2, 1969 – sep 11, 1969)
Description:
-Damansky Island Incident-tensions in Sino-Soviet relations: nadir of Sino-Soviet relations, military clashes between USSR and China (direct conflict), talk of nuclear war between China/USSR (US government estimated 1/3 chance of Soviet nuclear attack on China), issues not fully resolved until 1991
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Date:
mar 2, 1969
sep 11, 1969
~ 6 months