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The building of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 effectively closed off the Western enclave of West Berlin;
1961年8月修筑的柏林墻有效隔離了西柏林的西部飛地
Russian and American tanks met at "Checkpoint Charlie" in Berlin, standing once more on the brink of World War Three.
俄國和美國的坦克在柏林的查理檢查站相遇，第三次世界大戰瀕臨爆發
But yet again the Americans and the Soviets resisted, thank God, the urge to engage.
但是美國和蘇聯都再一次抵抗住了交戰的沖動，謝天謝地
On January 1, 1959, the rebel forces of Fidel Castro brought down the Cuban government.
1959年1月1日，菲德爾·卡斯特羅的叛軍推翻了古巴政府
At first Castro claimed to be neither communist nor capitalist,
一開始卡斯特羅聲稱自己既不是共產主義者也不是資本主義者
but the Soviets soon brought Fidel on board with a bag full of rubles they reserve for such situations.
但是蘇聯很快就用一大筆專為這種情況準備的盧布收買了菲德爾
On April 17, 1961, Cuban exile forces acting in the direction of the United States government landed at the Bay of Pigs,
1961年4月17日，古巴流亡勢力在美國政府的指導下登陸豬灣，
hoping to bring down the Fidel Castro regime.
希望打倒菲德爾·卡斯特羅政權
The initial plans for this invasion, assumed that the Cuban masses just yearned to rise up against hated Communist oppression.
這次入侵的最初計劃假定的是古巴大眾渴望崛起反抗共產黨的壓迫
In fact, the Cuban regime which had preceded Fidel Casto was so horrible that Castro was still looking pretty good.
然而事實上，在菲德爾·卡斯特羅之前的古巴政府糟糕透頂，因此卡斯特羅看起來還相當不錯，
