AHC: Middle East Proxy War 1967

Here's the challenge -- with a PoD no earlier than 1964*, turn the 1967 ME War of OTL into a Cold War Proxy theater, with either the US and/or the USSR militaries intervening directly.

Bonus points if the conflict lasts until 1969.

*or, if he survives, than the JFK assassination
 

Wolfpaw

Banned
The reason that there were no proxy wars in the Middle East IOTL was because the region was too important to mess around in. Too much oil and too much gas went through the place and were it to blow up then the entire world would be turned on its head.

Your only hope for this is in country's with no real importance. Make the Yemen civil war nastier and that's probably as close as you'll get.
 
OK, so say Kruschev's still around in 1965 when Nasser starts looking to escalate the USSR's involvement, and the Soviet's start sending troops -- maybe advisors at first, but still a very noticeable military presence in Yemen.

First, is this plausible? Second, where could things escalate from there?
 

Cook

Banned
Stick with the Six Day War.
During the conflict the US 6th Fleet was deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean to be in a position to defend Israel. The Soviet naval forces started to shadow the US fleet.
In 1983 McNamara is quoted as saying “We damn near had war”.
 
Of course, it could be interesting with the ARABS as the USA's puppet (After all, FDR struck an alliance with them), and the ISRAELIS as the Soviets' puppet. Bonus points if the USS Liberty sinking starts WWIII.
 

Wolfpaw

Banned
I’m trying to see how Yemen could draw in the larger players.
JFP had a pretty good idea. Have the USSR take a larger role in Yemen to the point where the civil war is basically between monarchists on the one hand and Communists who employ Arab Nationalist rhetoric and is more obedient to Moscow than Cairo on the other. The Eisenhower Doctrine dictates that the United States has a right to intervene militarily in the event of Communist encroachment in the Middle East.
Of course, it could be interesting with the ARABS as the USA's puppet (After all, FDR struck an alliance with them), and the ISRAELIS as the Soviets' puppet. Bonus points if the USS Liberty sinking starts WWIII.
I take it you've never read statichaos's A World of Laughter, A World of Tears ;)
 
Here's the challenge -- with a PoD no earlier than 1964*, turn the 1967 ME War of OTL into a Cold War Proxy theater, with either the US and/or the USSR militaries intervening directly.

Bonus points if the conflict lasts until 1969.

*or, if he survives, than the JFK assassination
If they intervene directly, it's no longer a proxy war. Just saying.
 
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