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East Asia 1949: Crossing the Yangtze
East Asia 1949
Crossing the Yangtze

Peace negotiations broke down in...

Eastern Mediterranean 1956: Rise of Nasser
Eastern Mediterranean 1956
Rise of Nasser

By 1954 the Egyptian officer Gamal...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: French Withdrawal from West Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
French Withdrawal from West Africa

Having accepted the end of its...

Northern Eurasia 1963: Height of the Cold War
Northern Eurasia 1963
Height of the Cold War

Although the Warsaw Pact was...

Europe 1963: Berlin Wall
Europe 1963
Berlin Wall

The coming of the 1960s saw the Cold...

Eastern Mediterranean 1967: Six-Day War
Eastern Mediterranean 1967
Six-Day War

During the 1960s tensions between...

Europe 1977: Cold War Rivalry in the Middle East
Europe 1977
Cold War Rivalry in the Middle East

In 1967, Israel conquered large...

Europe 1991: Breakup of Yugoslavia
Europe 1991
Breakup of Yugoslavia

With change sweeping Europe, the...

Europe 1992: Bosnian War
Europe 1992
Bosnian War

By 1992 Yugoslavia and Croatia were...

Northern Eurasia 1995: First Chechen War
Northern Eurasia 1995
First Chechen War

The end of the Soviet Union sparked...

Europe 1999: Kosovo War
Europe 1999
Kosovo War

By 1995 atrocities in the Bosnian...

Eastern Mediterranean 2007: Hamas’s takeover of Gaza
Eastern Mediterranean 2007
Hamas’s takeover of Gaza

In 2005 Israel handed the Gaza Strip...

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