Significant Events

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First focus on the five significant events found in the left half of the world map:

One Giant Step For Mankind -- Moon Landing

Apollo Recovery

Trieste Deep Sea Exploration

Joint Strategic Deterrent -- Joint Staff contribution to Cold War effort

Cuban Missile Crisis.

Cuban Blockade

The eleven significant events in the right half include two in the former Soviet Union

Nautilus 90 North. Polar exploration under the ice.

Berlin Wall Goes Up.
Berlin Wall Comes Down

May Day -- Annual parade in Moscow showed Soviet military might.

Sputnick Launched by Soviet Union

Undersea Missile Warfare

Space Shuttle

NATO -- Striking Force, South

Nuclear Task Force

Vietnam War

In Viet Nam, U.S. forces faced a type of warfare so different it was called "Unconventional Warfare." Soon armed forces all over the United States were learning how to fight an unconventional war.

Riverine Warfare -- Viet Nam

The Tanker War

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