Or the Cold War, the Korean War, Suez, 6-Day, Yom Kippur, Falklands .
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Met a young Latvian, Latvia was always an independent State, never heard of the Cold War.
Martin le M, it is left to University, if you are so inclined, to fill in the gap. Some good TV programmes by historians, but not the incredulous young presenters revealing for the first time what was common knowledge at the time.