5 things you may not know about the Cold War

The West against the East, against socialism and capitalism : the cold war between the poles began with the end of World War II until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and peaked during the sixties of the last century Passed more than five decades on the Cuban missile crisis , the most prominent crisis during the Cold War , the United States entered the Vietnam War to fight against communist forces there , while sent late president , John F. Kennedy , a team of Cuban dissidents to the Bay of Pigs to overthrow former president , Fidel Castro . Five things you might not know about the Cold War : 1 - drop the Soviets and the arrest of an American plane pilot The Soviet Union shot down an American spy plane "U 2", which had the task to determine whether the Soviets directing missiles at the United States. Central Intelligence Agency "CIA," the late president, Dwight Eisenhower ruled out the possibility of dropping complex aircraft technology, and can fly at an altitude of 70 thousand feet, but that in the first of May / May 1962 plane disappeared while flying over Russia, and arrested the pilot Francis Powers. Making the Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, the wreckage of the plane in an exhibition, and after that humiliation Eisenhower was forced to admit that America was spying. 2 - Khrushchev threatened to bury America After three days of meeting with Cuban President Fidel Castro , for the first time , Khrushchev went to participate in the activities of United Nations General Assembly on September 23 / September 1960 , and threatened to Soviet leader , who believed that socialism is the future, and America needs to rein in Aljmah , in his speech to " bury " America .
3 - John F. Kennedy did not address a single domestic issue during his speech on the occasion of his presidency Kennedy think as the management of the war an important gesture and the defeat of the Soviets is on his shoulder , and this was evident in his speech during the presidential taking in the January 20, 1961 , and the highlight came in " to learn every nation whether it wants us good or evil , we will pay any price and bear any burden and face all hardship , and we are opposed to every friend and every enemy , to ensure the survival and success of liberty . " 4 - the space race to make Americans fear for their lives With the astronaut , Yuri Gagarin , to fly to outer space and orbiting the Earth for an hour and 48 minutes on 12 April / April 1961 , American leaders feared the inability to protect the people , and some think that it has the capacity to send humans to space is able to put nuclear warheads there . And Khrushchev said about the event : " Now let the capitalist countries try to catch up . " 5 - football pitches led to the Cuban missile crisis Curiously crisis erupted adviser to the US intelligence agency watch football on the coast of Cuba in September / September 1962 Courts, he asked: "Cubans are playing baseball and football Russians", and this is what called him to believe that the presence of Russian bases in the neighborhood. Sadiq Kennedy to the flight spy plane "U 2" over Cuba, after the request is convincing evidence for fear of a repeat scenario of the Bay of Pigs, and pictures that convinced him that the Russians made setting up missiles in Cuba. And fear of the late US president that the life of 30 million US dollars in risk, after the outlined Intelligence Agency areas that fall within the scope of any possible nuclear attack from Cuban territory. October 22 1962 , announced a ban on Cuba , and the world , saying that he addressed a huge and far-reaching weapons of mass destruction threaten America , and when Russia sent 22 ship toward Cuba , the White House think it's the first stages of a third world war . At the last minute he changed the direction of Soviet ships , for the first time , Khrushchev acknowledged the existence of Soviet missiles in Cuba , stressing that it is purely for defensive purposes , and promised to remove them if the US president pledged not to invade Cuba