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People killed in the Cold War (1 C, 3 P) C. Cold War spies (9 C, 64 P) D. Cold War diplomats (1 C, 74 P) I. Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966 perpetrators (7 P) K.
While the Cold War itself never escalated into direct confrontation, there were a number of conflicts and revolutions related to the Cold War around the globe, spanning the entirety of the period usually prescribed to it (March 12, 1947 to December 26, 1991, a total of 44 years, 9 months, and 2 weeks). [1] [2]
Toggle American Cold War era spies subsection. 5.1 Spied for America. ... It includes Americans spying against their own country and people spying on behalf of the ...
Samantha Reed Smith (June 29, 1972 – August 25, 1985) was an American peace activist and child actress from Manchester, Maine, who became famous for her anti-war outreaches during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
This is an incomplete list of Western Bloc intelligence agents, military personnel, scientists, politicians, diplomats, and other prominent people who defected to the Eastern Bloc or non-aligned countries during the Cold War and after.
Ukrainian pilots fighting against Russia's invasion are using flying techniques the West has not really used since the Cold War but might need to revive, a former US F-16 pilot told Business Insider.
A World War I war hero popularly known as "The Fighting Jew". He also fought as a mercenary during the Banana Wars and Mexican Revolution. Sam Hall: 1937–2014 1980s Nicaragua Contras: One time U.S. Olympian who fought on the side of anti-communist forces as a military advisor to the Nicaraguan Contras. Gulmurod Khalimov: 1975–2017 2015–2017
Lynne Cox (born January 2, 1957) [1] is an American long-distance open water swimmer, writer, and speaker.She is best known for being the first person to swim between the United States and the Soviet Union, [2] [3] in the Bering Strait, a feat which has been recognized for easing the Cold War tensions between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.