Cold War

Cold War map

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.

Topics

• 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