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When

Where

Who

What

When: 1964

Who：Soviet Union

Where：The U.S. State Department

What：The U.S. State Department angrily accused the Soviet Union of shooting down an American jet that strayed into East German airspace, which resulted in the death of three U.S. officers aboard the plane. The Soviets responded with charges that the flight was a “gross provocation.”

Why

significant

The incident was an ugly reminder of the heightened East-West tensions of the Cold War era. Like many other similar incidents during the Cold War, this event resulted in heated verbal exchanges between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, but little else. Both sides had bigger issues to contend with: the U.S. was engaged in the Vietnam War, and the Soviet Union was dealing with a widening split with China. However, the deaths do serve as a reminder that the heated suspicion, heightened tension, and loaded rhetoric of the Cold War did have the potential to erupt into meaningless death and destruction.

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Cold War, Soviet Union