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Berlin Blockade
An international crisis that rose from an attempt by the soviet union to force the western allied powers to abandon their post - wwII jurisdiction in West Berlin. -
Korean War
Was a conflict between the democratic people's of Korea and the republic of 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 USSR, invaded the South.
Countries involved: China, North Korea, South Korea, the United Nations, and the US
Rank: 8 -
Suez Canal Crisis
It was an international crisis in the middle east when the egyptian president nationalized the suez canal. The Suez Crisis was provoked by an American and British decision not to finance Egypt’s construction of the Aswan High Dam, as they had promised, in response to Egypt’s growing ties with communist Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union.
Countries involved: Egypt, France, Israel, UK
Rank:6 -
Vietnam War
A protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.
Countries involved: United States and Vietcong
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Space Race
Beginning in the late 1950s, space became another dramatic arena for this competition, as each side sought to prove the superiority of its technology, its military firepower and–by extension–its political-economic system.
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U-2 Incident
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 and that caused the collapse of a summit conference in Paris between the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France.
Countries involved: USSR and US
Rank: 10 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Having promised in May 1960 to defend Cuba with Soviet arms, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev assumed that the United States would take no steps to prevent the installation of Soviet medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in Cuba. -
Yom Kippur War
The war, which eventually drew both the United States and the Soviet Union into indirect confrontation in defense of their respective allies, was launched with the diplomatic aim of persuading a chastened—if still undefeated—Israel to negotiate on terms more favourable to the Arab countries.
Countries Involved: Egypt, Israel, and Syria
Rank:7 -
Soviet War in Afghanistan
The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anti-communist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War and remained in Afghanistan until mid-February 1989.
Countries involved: Soviet Union
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" Able Archer Military Exercise"
Able Archer 83 was a military exercise conducted by NATO that took place in November 1983. It simulated a period of heightened nuclear tensions between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, leading to concerns that it could have been mistaken for a real attack by the Soviet Union.
Countries involved: NATO
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Soviet Downing Korean Air lines Flight 007
flight of a passenger jet that was shot down by Soviet air-to-air missiles. Soviet authorities claimed that the plane was on an intelligence-gathering mission for the United States, though no evidence supported the allegation.
Countries Involved: Soviet Union
Rank :5