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GREECE 1 ALBANIA USSR 2 Berlin AUSTRIA Countries in Warsaw Pact, (1955–1991) Countries in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), (1949– ) Non-aligned communist states, 1987 Country with nuclear capability by 1987 Iron Curtain UNITED STATES (Alaska) UNITED STATES CHINA N. KOREA S. KOREA W. GER. E. GER. FRANCE INDIA USSR CHINA CANADA UNITED STATES UNITED STATES (Alaska) NICARAGUA CHILE 15 GREENLAND ICELAND UNITED KINGDOM NORWAY USSR CHINA INDIA AFGHANISTAN TAIWAN FRANCE SPAIN W. GER. E. GER. NETHERLANDS ITALY GREECE TURKEY 6 VIETNAM CAMBODIA LAOS ETHIOPIA SOUTH YEMEN PORTUGAL N. KOREA S. KOREA 5 ANGOLA 16 NAMIBIA 17 MONGOLIA SWEDEN FINLAND ATLANTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN 18 19 1 11 MALAYSIA 3 4, 9 GUATEMALA 7 2, 10 CUBA 12 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 13 Cold War Incidents, 1947–1991 © Infobase Publishing WEST GER. EAST GER. ROMANIA BULGARIA AUSTRIA HUNGARY USSR ITALY 8 ALBANIA POLAND GREECE 1 Y U G O SLA VIA 2 Berlin CZE C H O S L O V A KIA Conflicts in which the United States, Soviet Union, and their respective allies were involved 1947–1991: 1 Greek Civil War, 1947 2 Berlin Blockade, 1948–1949 3 Malayan Emergency, 1948–1960 4 Indochina War, 1946–1954 5 Korean War, 1950–1953 6 Taiwan Crisis, 1954–1955, 1958 7 Guatemala, 1954 8 Hungarian Uprising, 1956 9 Vietnam War, 1954–1975 10 Berlin Wall, 1961 11 Crisis in Laos, 1960–1962 12 Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 13 Dominican Republic, 1965 14 Prague Spring, 1968 15 Chile, 1973 16 Angolan Civil War, 1974–1990 17 Namibia, 1975–1991 18 Nicaragua, 1979 19 Afghanistan, 1979–1989 1200 km 0 1200 miles 0

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GREECE

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ALBANIA

USSR

2 Berlin

AUSTRIA

Countries in Warsaw Pact, (1955–1991)

Countries in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), (1949– )

Non-aligned communist states, 1987

Country with nuclear capability by 1987

Iron Curtain

UNITEDSTATES(Alaska)

UNITED STATESCHINA

N. KOREAS. KOREA

W.GER.

E.GER.

FRANCE

INDIA

USSR

CHINA

CANADA

UNITED STATES

UNITEDSTATES(Alaska)

NICARAGUA

CHILE15

GREENLAND

ICELANDUNITED

KINGDOM

NORWAY USSR

CHINA

INDIA

AFGHANISTAN

TAIWAN

FRANCE

SPAIN

W.GER.

E.GER.

NETHERLANDS

ITALYGREECE TURKEY

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VIETNAM

CAMBODIA

LAOS

ETHIOPIA

SOUTHYEMEN

PORTUGAL

N. KOREAS. KOREA

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ANGOLA16

NAMIBIA17

MONGOLIA

SWED

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FIN

LAN

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ATLANTICOCEAN

INDIANOCEAN

PACIFICOCEAN

PACIFICOCEAN

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11MALAYSIA3

4, 9GUATEMALA

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2, 10

CUBA12

DOMINICANREPUBLIC

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WESTGER.

EASTGER.

ROMANIA

BULGARIA

AUSTRIAHUNGARY

USSR

ITALY

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ALBANIA

POLAND

GREECE

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YUGOSLAVIA

2 Berlin

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Conflicts in which the United States, Soviet Union, and their respective allies were involved 1947–1991:

1 Greek Civil War, 19472 Berlin Blockade, 1948–19493 Malayan Emergency, 1948–1960

4 Indochina War, 1946–19545 Korean War, 1950–19536 Taiwan Crisis, 1954–1955, 1958

7 Guatemala, 19548 Hungarian Uprising, 19569 Vietnam War, 1954–1975

10 Berlin Wall, 196111 Crisis in Laos, 1960–196212 Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

13 Dominican Republic, 196514 Prague Spring, 196815 Chile, 1973

16 Angolan Civil War, 1974–199017 Namibia, 1975–199118 Nicaragua, 1979

19 Afghanistan, 1979–1989

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