WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Cold War saw the two superpowers – the USA and the Soviet Union – divide the world into spheres of influence and power blocs.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II. This hostility between the two superpowers was first given its name by George Orwell in an article published in 1945.

Detailed explanation-3: -Who were the superpowers during the Cold War? The United States and the Soviet Union were the only superpowers during the Cold War. Both of these nations had vast nuclear arsenals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Historians have identified several causes that led to the outbreak of the Cold War, including: tensions between the two nations at the end of World War II, the ideological conflict between both the United States and the Soviet Union, the emergence of nuclear weapons, and the fear of communism in the United States.

Detailed explanation-5: -The aftermath of World War Two shifted the global balance of power and created a bi-polar world led by two competing superpowers: The United States (US) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). We call this global competition the Cold War.