March-September 1969 China and USSR almost come to nuclear blows

[eagle7-31]

USSR considered preemptive nuke strike after Chinese attacks along border. The Nixon admin told Russia the US would not be neutral if Russia did this. Led to Kissinger visit in 1971 and Nixon visit in 1972 to China. As much as I would have not minded two brutal communist dictatorships killing off each other the collateral effect of such a war would not be good.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

USSR considered preemptive nuke strike after Chinese attacks along border. The Nixon admin told Russia the US would not be neutral if Russia did this. Led to Kissinger visit in 1971 and Nixon visit in 1972 to China. As much as I would have not minded two brutal communist dictatorships killing off each other the collateral effect of such a war would not be good.

It would have turned into a world war. India would have been dragged in, as would most of Asia and the ME.

Wasn't the first time, either.

The 1962 Thirty-Day War Between China and Russia

Here’s What You Need to Remember:T he war did not settle the fundamental issues that divided India and China, as Delhi has never agreed to the basic justice of Beijing’s position. However, it did demonstrate Chinese power and military effectiveness, which essentially closed the question of the...

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We also had the Cuban missile crisis that year as well.

the SINO-Soviet Split:

The Sino-Soviet Split | World History

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[The Sage of Main Street]

It would have turned into a world war. India would have been dragged in, as would most of Asia and the ME.

Wasn't the first time, either.

The 1962 Thirty-Day War Between China and Russia

Here’s What You Need to Remember:T he war did not settle the fundamental issues that divided India and China, as Delhi has never agreed to the basic justice of Beijing’s position. However, it did demonstrate Chinese power and military effectiveness, which essentially closed the question of the...

nationalinterest.org

We also had the Cuban missile crisis that year as well.

the SINO-Soviet Split:

The Sino-Soviet Split | World History

courses.lumenlearning.com

The Myth of the Monolith

Russian and Chinese Communists were at each others throats from as early as 1924.