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The Korean War
The war was marked by significant military operations, including the landing of United Nations forces at Inchon and the Chinese intervention in the conflict. -
The Red Scare
A Red Scare is the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state. -
The Space Race
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. -
The Berlin Crisis
In 1961, the crisis came to a head when East German authorities began construction of the Berlin Wall, which divided the city into two separate parts and prevented East Germans from fleeing to the West -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The crisis began when the United States discovered that the Soviet Union had secretly placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, which was a major strategic threat to the United States. The United States responded with a naval blockade of Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from delivering additional missiles to the island. -
The Vietnam War
The U.S. military used a range of tactics, including search-and-destroy missions, aerial bombardment, and the use of chemical weapons like Agent Orange. -
The Soviet Afghanistan War
The Soviet-Afghan War began in 1979 when the Soviet Union, under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev, invaded Afghanistan. The Soviet Union had been a key ally of Afghanistan, providing military and economic aid to the country's socialist government