COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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A race between countries to build the most atomic bombs
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A race among countries for who could build the most submarines
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A race among countries as to who could build the most efficient military
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A race between countries to see who could have the biggest biceps
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Detailed explanation-1: -arms race, a pattern of competitive acquisition of military capability between two or more countries. The term is often used quite loosely to refer to any military buildup or spending increases by a group of countries. The competitive nature of this buildup often reflects an adversarial relationship.
Detailed explanation-2: -An arms race occurs when two or more countries increase the size and quality of military resources to gain military and political superiority over one another.
Detailed explanation-3: -Working in secrecy and in great haste, an army of men and women raced to build the world’s first atomic bomb in the midst of World War II. The code name for their clandestine military assignment: the Manhattan Project.
Detailed explanation-4: -Known as the Cold War, this conflict began as a struggle for control over the conquered areas of Eastern Europe in the late 1940s and continued into the early 1990s. Initially, only the United States possessed atomic weapons, but in 1949 the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb and the arms race began.
Detailed explanation-5: -Pre-First World War naval arms race From 1897 to 1914, a naval arms race between the United Kingdom and Germany took place. British concern about rapid increase in German naval power resulted in a costly building competition of Dreadnought-class ships. This tense arms race lasted until 1914, when the war broke out.