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The nuclear arms race was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold Wa

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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.

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Allied peace conferences at Yalta and Potsdam determined the fate of Germany’s territories. They split the defeated nation into four “allied occupation zones”: The eastern part of the country went to the Soviet Union, while the western part went to the United States, Great Britain and (eventually) France.

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Boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas.

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The Marshall Plan channeled over $13 billion to finance the economic recovery of Europe between 1948 and 1951. The Marshall Plan successfully sparked economic recovery, meeting its objective of ‘restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole.’ The plan is named for Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who announced it in a commencement speech at Harvard University on June 5, 1947.

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(Vietnam War)
This war is also known as Second IndoChina War or American War. North Vietnam was supported by Soviet Union and South Vietnam was supported by United States, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. South and North Vietnamese fought as a Guerrilla War.

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*This was the idea that the U.S should give support to people threatened by the Soviet forces or communist insurrection. It started in Greece and Germany, with the U.S providing military aid to fighting the communists in 1947
*Central idea was called containment
*Continued when Berlin airlift when  the Russians tried to block access to the city  of Berlin 1948.
*Korean and Vietnam wars are another example.

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Soviet ideology initially called upon an international revolution total control of the population state, and also the use of mass murder as a tool of repression.

communism was the ideology followed by the Soviet Union. Originally founded by Karl Marx, it said that everyone should be owned by the government and then divided up equally among the people who would then all work for it. Not only was the Soviet Union communist they were totalitarian where all the power was with the rulers

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The US had a liberal democracy where individual rights and freedom were still intact.

The United States was capitalist which meant the people could own land and businesses and compete for themselves. This led to stark contrast between the poor and the rich. They were also a democracy, which meant it was for the people who had a say by electing rules

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Western democracies had always been hostile to the idea of a communist state. The United States had refused recognition to the USSR for 16 years after the Bolshevik takeover. Domestic fears of communism erupted in a Red Scare in America in the early Twenties. Therefore, basically
US were trying to stop the communism spreading across the world, which started the Cold War.

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(Korean War)
Korean war occurred in June.25th, 1950. After gaining freedom from Japanese imperialism, Korean War started right away. North Korea began the attack from what is called 38th parallel now. Therefore, South Korean president at the time, asked United States' help. By United States' help, South Korea was gaining the victory. Consequently, North Korea asked China for a help. This war continued non-stop and lots of people were sacrificing their lives. As a result, North Korea and South Korea decided to go on a break from 1953, July, 27th and created 38th parallel (the mid line between South and North of Korea). However, this break is still continuing with no conclusion yet.

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During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. With stunning speed, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.