The Cold War (1945-1991) was period of conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. Although the two countries never actually went to war against each other, they backed opposing sides in a series of wars in smaller countries. The cold war was also a period of diplomatic, scientific, and economic competition.

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Iron Curtain ?
NATO ?, Warsaw Pact ?
Partition of Germany ?, Berlin Wall ?, Berlin Airlift ?
Korean War
Nuclear Submarine ?, Arms Race ?, Space Race ?, Sputnik ?
Soviet Invasion of Hungary ?
Bay of Pigs Invasion ?, Cuban Missile Crisis ?
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia ?
Vietnam War
Angolan Civil War ?
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan ?
Nicaragua ?
Collapse of the Soviet Union ?