Question: When was Eritrea annexed by the largest peacekeeping troop contributor to the group in which the US and biggest medal winner in the 1960 Olympics became important members?

<P0-S0> The Soviet Union suffered greatly in the war, losing around 27 million people. <P0-S1> Approximately 2.8 million Soviet POWs died of starvation, mistreatment, or executions in just eight months of 1941 -- 42. <P0-S2> During the war, the Soviet Union together with the United States, the United Kingdom and China were considered as the Big Four of Allied powers in World War II and later became the Four Policemen which was the foundation of the United Nations Security Council. <P0-S3> It emerged as a superpower in the post-war period. <P0-S4> Once denied diplomatic recognition by the Western world, the Soviet Union had official relations with practically every nation by the late 1940s. <P0-S5> A member of the United Nations at its foundation in 1945, the Soviet Union became one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, which gave it the right to veto any of its resolutions. <SEP> <P1-S0> A total of 131 athletes won medals at the 1960 Games. <P1-S1> The Soviet Union was awarded the most medals, with its athletes winning seven gold medals, five silver, and nine bronze, for a total of 21 medals overall. <P1-S2> The United States placed second in medal count, with a total of 10 medals, and Germany placed third, with eight medals overall. <P1-S3> Of the 30 NOCs competing in the 1960 Games, 14 won at least one medal, with 10 of these winning at least one gold medal. <P1-S4> There was a bronze medal awarded to Theron Bailie, USA, for the development of the digital clock used for the first time in downhill skiing. <SEP> <P2-S0> As of 29 February 2016, 124 countries were contributing a total of 105,314 personnel in Peacekeeping Operations, with Ethiopia leading the tally (8,324), followed by India (7,695) and Bangladesh (7,525). <P2-S1> In June 2013. <P2-S2> Pakistan contributed the highest number overall with 8,186 personnel, followed by India (7,878), Bangladesh (7,799), Ethiopia (6,502), Rwanda (4,686), Nigeria (4,684), Nepal (4,495), Jordan (3,374), Ghana (2,859), and Egypt (2,750). <P2-S3> As of 28 February 2015, 120 countries were contributing a total of 104,928 personnel in Peacekeeping Operations, with Bangladesh leading the tally (9446). <P2-S4> As of March 2008, in addition to military and police personnel, 5,187 international civilian personnel, 2,031 UN Volunteers and 12,036 local civilian personnel worked in UN peacekeeping missions. <SEP> <P3-S0> athletes from 26 nocs won at least one medal, and athletes from 19 of these nocs secured at least one gold. <P3-S1> for the first time, canada won a gold medal at an olympic games it hosted, having failed to do so at both the 1976 summer olympics in montreal and the 1988 winter olympics in calgary. <P3-S2> in contrast to the lack of gold medals at these previous olympics, the canadian team finished first overall in gold medal wins, and became the first host nation -- since norway in 1952 -- to lead the gold medal count, with 14 medals. <P3-S3> in doing so, it also broke the record for the most gold medals won by a noc at a single winter olympics (the previous was 13, set by the soviet union in 1976 and matched by norway in 2002). <P3-S4> the united states placed first in total medals -- its second time doing so in a winter games -- and set a new record for most medals won by a noc at a single winter olympics, with 37 (the previous record was 36, established by germany in 2002). <P3-S5> athletes from slovakia and belarus won the first winter olympic gold medals for their nations. <SEP> <P4-S0> During the Middle Ages, the Eritrea region was known as Medri Bahri ("sea-land"). <P4-S1> The name Eritrea is derived from the ancient Greek name for Red Sea (Ἐρυθρὰ Θάλασσα Erythra Thalassa, based on the adjective ἐρυθρός erythros "red"). <P4-S2> It was first formally adopted in 1890, with the formation of Italian Eritrea (Colonia Eritrea). <P4-S3> The territory became the Eritrea Governorate within Italian East Africa in 1936. <P4-S4> Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia in 1953 (nominally within a federation until 1962) and an Eritrean Liberation Front formed in 1960. <P4-S5> Eritrea gained independence following the 1993 referendum, and the name of the new state was defined as State of Eritrea in the 1997 constitution. <P4-S6> [citation needed] <SEP> <P5-S0> the men's ice hockey tournament at the 1980 winter olympics in lake placid, u.s.a., was the 14th olympic championship. <P5-S1> twelve teams competed in the tournament, which was held from february 12 to 24. the united states won its second gold medal, including a win over the heavily favored soviet union that became known as the ``miracle on ice ''. <P5-S2> games were held at the olympic arena and the olympic fieldhouse.