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Cold War in the 1960's
Cold War in the 1960's
Cuban missile crisis
“Six Day War” in Middle East
When: October 1962
Where: Cuba, Caribbean Sea
Who: United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba.
What: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decided to agree to Cuba's request to place nuclear missiles in Cuba to deter future harassment of Cuba.
So What: A lot of threats were invade with measles and invading countries.
US begin sending combat troops to vietnam
Bay of Pigs invasion
When: June 5 and 10, 1967
Who: Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt , Jordan, and Syria
What: Relations between Israel and its neighbours had never fully normalized following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and in the period leading up to June 1967 tensions became dangerously heightened.
Why: The Egyptians, whose defensive infrastructure was in a poor state, were caught by surprise and virtually the entire Egyptian air force was destroyed with few Israeli losses, giving the Israelis air superiority. Simultaneously, the Israelis launched a ground offensive into the Gaza strip and through the northern and central routes of the Sinai, which again caught the Egyptians by surprise
So what: War only lasted for six days
April 17, 1961 – April 19, 1961
Where: Cuba
Who: Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban
What: guerilla army came into Cuba and overthrew General Fulgencio Batista
So What: The Bay of Pigs Invasion, was an unsuccessful attempt by a U.S.-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba with support from U.S. government armed forces to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
When: 1962
Where: Vietnam
Who: Vietnam and America
What: The Vietnam War also known as the Second Indochina War, and also known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a Cold War-era proxy war
So What: the part of the Viet Cong in the fighting decreased as the role of the NVA grew. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search and destroy operations