Cold War
Israel After WW II the UN wanted a home land for the Jewish people. Israel formed in territory of Palestine Arab nations claimed territory belonged to the Arab people USSR supported Arab nations Eisenhower Doctrine: Aid Middle Eastern countries against communism
U-2 Spy Plane Incident 1960 Col. Francis Gary Powers’ plane was shot down over Soviet airspace.
Berlin Wall 1961 Soviet Premier ordered the building of a wall to separate East and West Berlin Keep East Berliners from fleeing to the west Symbol of the Cold War & Fell in 1990
Bay of Pigs 1961 Cuban exiles trained by the CIA invaded Cuba Hoping to initiate an uprising against Castro Plan failed
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 U-2 photographed missiles sites being built in Cuba President Kennedy placed a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent the Soviets from arming these sites 13 days “We went eyeball-to-eyeball with the Russians, and the other man blinked!”
Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.) Use of nuclear weapons by two opposing sides would effectively result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender
B-52 Air Patrols Bombers loitered at high altitude near points outside the Soviet Union to provide rapid first strike or retaliation
B-52