QUIZ: How Much Do You Know About The Cold War?

In 1961, the United States and Soviet Tanks had a staredown through a crossing point in the Berlin Wall known as…

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US tanks in Berlin
Retry Correct Incorrect During the showdown, a spy from the KGB, otherwise known as the Soviet security intelligence agency, helped the two sides communicate in order to diffuse the situation before violence broke out in the streets.
Herbert Maschke/ullstein bild via Getty Images
Herbert Maschke/ullstein bild via Getty Images

In 1961, the United States and Soviet Tanks had a staredown through a crossing point in the Berlin Wall known as…

  • The Closed Opening
  • Checkpoint Charlie
  • The Western Door
  • No Man’s Land
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