Cold War in Asia
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The Cold War in Asia was a major dimension of the worldwide Cold War that shaped diplomacy and warfare from the mid-1940s to 1991. The main countries involved were the United States, the Soviet Union,
Mao Zedong (left) and Nikita Khrushchev (right) in Beijing, 1957
Mao Zedong meeting with Richard Nixon in 1972, after the Sino-Soviet split
John F. Kennedy meets with Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, in 1962
U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder all-weather bombers in 1968
The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation or Borneo confrontation was an armed conflict from 1963 to 1966 that stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of the state of Malaysia. Vital precursors
Cold War in Asia
…of warplanes, small warships, and advanced military hardware. Sukarno was enabled to threaten the emerging state of Malaysia in what is known as the "Konfrontasi" He swore to destroy Malaysia because it included territory that Indonesia also claimed. He launched multiple small scale operations such as stopping…
A British soldier is winched up by a Westland Wessex helicopter during an operation in Borneo, August 1964
Members of the Sarawak People's Guerrilla Force (SPGF), North Kalimantan National Army (NKNA) and Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) taking photograph together marking the close relations between them during Indonesia under the rule of Sukarno.
Sukarno
Tunku Abdul Rahman