Eastern Mediterranean 1946: Turkish Straits Crisis
7 August 1946
7 Aug 1946
Turkish Straits Crisis
31 Mar 1946 Resumption of the Greek Civil War
17 Apr 1946 French Evacuation of Syria
7 Aug 1946 Turkish Straits Crisis
29 Nov 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine
In August 1946 the Soviet Union, angered by Turkey’s apparent bias in favor of the Western allies, demanded that Turkey’s management of the Turkish Straits be revised and began moving military and naval forces to that region. In response, the United States firmly sided with Turkey, prompting a gradual Soviet deescalation.
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