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Yom Kippur war
Initiated by Egypt and syria on a jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on two fronts. The Egyptians and Syrians were so intense it began to exhaust Israel's reverse stocks of munitions. The United States began to help Syria. They ceased fire on November 11.I ranked this number 11. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was between France, Soviet Union, UK, and United States. The allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of Germany into a single unit. The Soviet Union decided to withdraw from that. Soviet forces then started to blockade railroads, water ways, etc. The US began to supply Berlin to help them. The Soviet union lifted the blockade on may 12, 1949. This is ranked number 4. -
Korean war
China, North Korea, South Korea, the United nations, and the United States were all involved in the Korean war. It was a conflict between Democratic republic and the Republic of Korea. 2.5 million lives were lost during this war. North Korea first invaded the South then the United States joined to aid the South. After the war Korea was still divided into two hostile states. I ranked number 2. -
Vietnam war
By 1969 more than 500,000 US military personnel were stationed in Vietnam. The Soviet Union and china poured supplies into Vietnam. It was a conflict between the United States government and the Vietnam Government. The united States withdrew by 1973. In 1975 south vietnam fell to a full scale invasion by the north.I ranked this number 1. -
Space Race
The superpowers , United States and the Soviet Union, were fighting to achieve a superior spaceflight capability. Each side of this conflict wanted better technology, military, and economic system. This conflict lasted until july 17, 1975.I ranked this number 5. -
Suez Canal Crisis
Israelis armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal. The Egyptian president nationalized the Suez canal. Britain and France feared they would close the canal and cut off the shipments. They then had the military sent out to seize control. Israel Brigades invaded Egypt. Israel forces withdrew in March.I ranked this number 6. -
U-2 incident
U-2 overflights and capture of Francas Gary powers. The pilot of the American U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying through Soviet airspace. This caused collapse of a summit conference in Paris between the United States, USSR, United Kingdom, and France.I ranked this number 9. -
Cuban Missile crisis
Direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. The two superpowers came the closes to a nuclear bomb conflict than any other country. John F. Kennedy notified US of USSR's missile and prepared to neutralize the threat if necessary.I ranked this number 3. -
Soviet war in Afghanistan
Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anti- communist. The uprisings prompted the Soviets to invade the country on the night of December 24th sending 30,000 troops in the country. The Soviets operation was to prop up their new but faltering client states. I ranked this number 8 -
Soviets downing korean air lines flight 007
Flight of a passenger jet that was shot down by soviet air to air missiles.Killing all 269 passengers on board. The plane strayed more than 200 miles from its path and entered soviet airspace. The soviet claimed the plane was a intelligence gathering mission for the United States.I ranked this number 7. -
"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 lenions following the downing of 007 this exercise raised risk of an accidental nuclear war.I ranked this number 10.