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Berlin Wall
Barrier constructed by the GDR seperating west Berlin from east Germany and east Berlin. The barrier had large concrete guard towers. It also served to prevent massive emegration from Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc. -
Igor Gouzenko
He was a cipher clerk for the soviet embassy to canada when he defected with 109 documents on Soviet espionage activities. He ruined Joseph Stalins effort to steal nuclear secrets and his plan for having sleeper agents. -
Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road and canal access to the sectors of Berlin so they had to find a new way to import and export goods and even just get around. -
Korean War
Was between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The Korean War was primarily the result of the political division of Korea. -
Avro Arrow
Was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft. The CF-105 or avro arrow held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 ft, it was intended to reach speeds of Mach 2 and to serve as the main aircraft for the Royal Candaian Air force. -
Suez Crisis
was a military confrontation in late 1956 between Egypt on one side, and Britain, France, Israel on the other. The United States, Soviet Union and the United Nations played major roles in forcing Britain, France and Israel to withdraw -
Nicaragua
Achieved its independence from Spain in 1821. Nicaragua has went threw periods of political unrest, military intervention by the United States and dictatorship. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuba and Soviet governments secretly began to build bases in Cuba for a number of medium-range and intermediate-range nuclear missiles. A United States Air Force U-2 plane on a mission captured photographic proof of Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba. -
Canada-USSR Summit Series
Was the first competition between the Soviet and an NHL-inclusive Canadian national ice hockey teams, an eight-game series Canada won the series four games to three, with one tie. -
Afghanistan, 1980s
A nine-year war during the Cold war involving the Soviet Union. -
US star wars
To use ground and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. -
1984 Boycotts
in Los Angeles, California, the boycott involved 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies, led by the Soviet Union joined by others, including East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Cuba. -
Gorbachev Revolution
Blamed the United States for unique post-cold war opportunities to bring "new thinking" to the problems of globalization, arms reduction and nuclear disarment.
