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Conflicts in 1991: stories to listen to | HearLore
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Conflicts in 1991
Gulf WarOn the 2nd of August 1990, Iraqi tanks rolled across the border into Kuwait City. The invasion began with a bombing of the capital and lasted only two days…
1991 Soviet coup attemptIn 1991, the Soviet Union faced a severe economic crisis. Food and medicine were scarce. People stood in long lines to buy essential goods.
Yugoslav WarsIn 1980, Josip Broz Tito died and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia began to fracture. Relations between the six republics deteriorated rapidly…
January EventsThe Baltic states, including Lithuania, were forcibly annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940. The illegal occupation was never recognized by Western powers…