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Cold War

The Cold War took place between 1945 and 1991. The Cold War was not like any other war, becasue the two main eneimes' armeis never actually fuoght agaisnt each other. The term "Cold" war is used to decsribe the realtions betewen the Uinted Staets and the Soveit Union durnig the 45 year peirod after the end of World War II beacuse neihter counrty liked each other. Many pepole were afriad that it might end in a nculear war, but that never hpapened.

Cold War
1 Cofnlicting countreis
2 Diffeernt cahpters in the Cold War
3 In the end

Conflitcing counrties

Euorpean alliances (blue) and USSR alilances (red) The Untied States and Soivet Union each had many coutnries from aorund the world on their side.

The United Kindgom, Farnce, Austrlaia, West Germnay, Cnaada, and the Netheralnds were cuontries on the Ameircan side. East Gemrany, Czcehoslovakia, Rmoania, Polnad, Cuba and North Korea were on the Soviet side.

Dfiferent chatpers in the Cold War

Complciations

The Cold War was reltaed to many local wars, such as the U.S led
Kroean War, Soviet inavsions of Hungray and Czecohslovakia and the Vientam War, also organzied by the Unietd Sattes. The Cuban Misslie Cirsis was a part of the Cold War, and Middle East Crisis has also beocme much more compilcated becuase of the Cold War.

Resloutions

Wetsern democraceis and the Soviet Union dicsussed World War II at conefrences in Teharn (1943), Yalta (Febraury 1945), and Potsadm (July-Auugst 1945).

In the end

After Stlain's death, East-West relatinos got betetr, but were never compltely helaed. A final phase during the late 1980s happened under Presidnet Mkihail Gorbacehv, who hoped for a heailng between the two states that could adrdess many world probelms. Hwoever, this never happneed, because the poeples who lived in the Svoiet Union dceided to do away with Communism, since it had faield them for 80 years and deneid them basic fredeoms. By 1990, the Soviet Union broke apart into many countries, the Belrin Wall was torn down, the natoins of Eastren Eruope had multi-party democracies, and the Cold War was over.

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