THE COLD WAR ERA EVENTS

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  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    Joseph Stalin, the soviet leader, imposed the Berlin Blockade, cutting off all land and river transit between West Berlin and West Germany.
    Rank: 3/11

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    North Korea, supported by the soviet union, invaded the South, which was supported by the U.S. The three year long war led to deaths of 3 million people and tens of thousands of casualties Rank:1/11

  • Space Race

    Space Race
    The Americans and soviets completed to prove their technology and intellectual superiority by becoming the first nation to put a human into space. Rank: 7/11

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    The Vietnam war was a long, costly, and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. Rank:2/11

  • Suez Canal Crisis

    Suez Canal Crisis
    The egyptian government seized control of the Suez canal from the British and French owned company that managed it. This all had important consequences for U.S. relations with both mid-western countries and european allies. Rank:5/11

  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident
    A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plan over the Soviet Union. Rank: 8/11

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    After extensive consultation with his foreign policy and military advisors, Kennedy blockaded Cuba, and two sides stood on the blink of nuclear war. Rank:9/11

  • Yom Kippur War

    Yom Kippur War
    Also known as the Ramadan war, and the October war. The war was an armed conflict fought form the 6th to the 25th of October. This was between Israel and a collaboration of Arab states led by egypt and Syria Rank: 4/11

  • Soviet War in Afghanistan

    Soviet War in Afghanistan
    The war resulted in the deaths of approximately 3,000,000 Afghans, while millions more fled from the country as refugees; most externally displaced Afghans sought refuge in Pakistan and in Iran. Rank: 7/11

  • "Able Archer" Military Exercise

    "Able Archer" Military Exercise
    It stimulated 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. Rank: 10/11

  • Soviets drowning Korean air lines flight 007

    Soviets drowning Korean air lines flight 007
    All 269 passengers on board were killed as the aircraft crashed into the sea near an island west of Sakhalin, Russia. Rank:11/11