The CIA Said He Was Untouchable. Then the Soviets Shot Him Down.#ColdWar #CIA#SpyPlane #USSR #Berlin

#ColdWar #CIA#SpyPlane #USSR #Berlin
On May 1st, 1960, a single American spy plane triggered one of the biggest Cold War scandals in history.

The CIA believed the U-2 aircraft was untouchable — capable of flying higher than Soviet missiles or fighters could reach. But during a secret mission deep inside the USSR, pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down, captured alive, and used by the Soviets to expose America’s global espionage operations.

The result?
A diplomatic disaster that collapsed peace talks between Eisenhower and Khrushchev and pushed the Cold War even closer to the edge.

This is the story of the U-2 Incident — the spy mission that humiliated America.
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