and its allies, which continued until May 1949 when the blockade was lifted. With food supplies running out in West Berlin, a massive airlift was organized by the U.S. In June 1948, the first major international crisis of the Cold War occured when the Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin from the rest of the country following controversial currency reforms, according to the Imperial War Museum in London. and the Soviet Union, according to the National Army Museum (opens in new tab) in London.īerlin was similarly divided into four zones of occupation, despite the city falling within the Soviet Zone of the country. Berlin and the Cold Warįollowing the defeat of the Nazis on VE Day - the end of World War II in Europe - Germany and Austria were divided into four separate zones governed by France, the U.K., the U.S. The space race came to a symbolic end in 1975 when the first joint U.S.-Soviet mission was launched and Tom Stafford and Alexi Leonov shook hands in space. achieved one of the most significant victories in the space race when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to travel to space, orbiting the Earth once and returning safely in the spacecraft Vostok 1. In 1957 the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 was successfully launched into orbit. In 1953 an armistice was agreed that established a new border close to the 38th parallel. In 1951, China, another communist nation, sent troops in support of North Korea, and the two sides reached a stalemate. The United Nations (opens in new tab) quickly arranged support for the south, and troops from the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa, among others, were sent to oppose North Korea. On June 25, 1950, North Korea, with support from the USSR (including covert operations and providing aircraft and medical support), invaded South Korea. At the end of World War II, Korea, a former territory of Japan, was divided along its 38th parallel, and an internal border was established between the communist North Korea backed by the Soviet Union and the Western-leaning South Korea, according to the Imperial War Museum (opens in new tab). The first hotspot of the Cold War, when the two sides came into military conflict - albeit indirectly - was the Korean War, which took place between 19.
Maybe others can't access VK can play this mod without VK.Men of the 187th US Regimental Combat Team prepare for battle during the Korean War (Image credit: Getty/ Hulton Archive)
I'm just uploading this mod since I can't access to VK due to sanctions. Note from the uploader: I do not own this mod. The OFP mod: RCWC can be classified as one of the fundamental works in the history of the Russian OFP community. Undoubtedly, this modification clearly demonstrates the high level of organization of the Operation Flashpoint / ArmA: CWA gaming community, the professionalism of individual enthusiasts and significantly expands the capabilities of the basic version of the game.
The project team included in the Real Cold War Crisis mod several full-fledged campaigns, over 50 single missions, as well as a collection of addons of NATO units and vehicles, rebels and civilians corresponding to a similar time period. The Real Cold War Crisis (RCWC) mod is the result of the collective work of the following addon and mod makers: Special Soldier, FOXlauncher, st90 (SovietKoT), alexanbros40, BAZ, Nimus, Hopser, NERV, Stalker.2011.Īs it became known, the first idea to create this mod for Operation Flashpoint/ArmA: Cold War Assault appeared in 2009, but its implementation was started only three years later. The mod is a grandiose work, which allowed to achieve unsurpassed entertainment and realism of the OFP / ArmA: CWA gameplay. This add-on for OFP clearly demonstrated the real image of the Soviet Army and the NATO Armed Forces in the time period from 1969 to 1991.