On May 1, the U.S. sent a U-2 plane over the U.S.S.R. to take pictures of nuclear weaponry in the Soviet Union. Khruschev, the soviet leader at that time, gave a long speech on May 5. In the speech he referenced to an overhead plane flight by the U.S. on April 9. As he decided what had happened, Khruschev looked at the fly over as an "aggressive act," and then said that a U.S. U-2 plane had been shot down in Soviet territory on May 1. With news back from the crash, the Soviet Union had lied to the U.S. about the surviving soldier in the plane. After this incident the United States president offered the open skys policy, that would allow for foriegn planes to fly over. The Soviet Government rejected the President's "open skies" proposal, building tentions for both counties.
Monday, May 17, 2010
U-2 Bombing
On May 1, the U.S. sent a U-2 plane over the U.S.S.R. to take pictures of nuclear weaponry in the Soviet Union. Khruschev, the soviet leader at that time, gave a long speech on May 5. In the speech he referenced to an overhead plane flight by the U.S. on April 9. As he decided what had happened, Khruschev looked at the fly over as an "aggressive act," and then said that a U.S. U-2 plane had been shot down in Soviet territory on May 1. With news back from the crash, the Soviet Union had lied to the U.S. about the surviving soldier in the plane. After this incident the United States president offered the open skys policy, that would allow for foriegn planes to fly over. The Soviet Government rejected the President's "open skies" proposal, building tentions for both counties.
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Your information is good but i would have liked to see a bit more about the fate of Francis Gary Powers. this was also part of the U-2 incident that added so much tension to the cold war.
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