COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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The Holocaust
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Korean War
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Marshall Plan
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NATO
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -"The Cold War” refers to the period following WWII until the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. This was a period when much of the world was divided by the communist/non-communist battle for military and political superiority.
Detailed explanation-3: -Conflicts connected to the Cold War, such as wars in Korea and Vietnam, proved devastating to military forces on both sides.
Detailed explanation-4: -Three key features defined the Cold War: 1) the threat of nuclear war, 2) competition over the allegiance (loyalty) of newly independent nations, and 3) the military and economic support of each other’s enemies around the world.