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Cold War – period of political and military tension that occurred after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact). Historians have not fully agreed on the dates, but 1947–1991 is common.
This is a timeline of the main events of the Cold War, a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union, its allies in the Warsaw Pact and later the People's Republic of China).
English: A simplified map of the Cold War alliances between 30 April and 24 June 1975. The Soviet and Chinese blocs are grouped together as one for illustrative purposes, but note that historically they were not allied during the time represented. The grey region does not represent an alliance, but rather encompasses all countries that were not ...
The Berlin Crisis of 1961 was the last major incident in the Cold War regarding the status of Berlin and post–World War II Germany. By the early 1950s, the Soviet approach to restricting emigration movement was emulated by most of the rest of the Eastern Bloc . [ 185 ]
English: World map showing the two blocs during the Cold War in 1959. NATO member states . ... File:Cold War Map 1980.svg - 1980 Cold War map; Maps of world history: BC:
English: World map in 1980, during the later stages of the Cold War. Español: Guerra Fria ... File:Cold War Map 1959.svg - 1959 Cold War map; Maps of world history: BC:
World map of alliances in 1970 The 1975 Apollo-Soyuz space rendez-vous, one of the attempts at cooperation between the US and the USSR during the détenteThe Cold War (1962–1979) refers to the phase within the Cold War that spanned the period between the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis in late October 1962, through the détente period beginning in 1969, to the end of détente in the ...
End of World War II: War in Vietnam (1945–46) September 13, 1945: March 30, 1946: French Indochina United Kingdom. Japan. Viet Minh: Southeast Asia: Western Bloc victory Iran crisis of 1946: November 15, 1945: December 15, 1946: Iran: Azerbaijan People's Government Republic of Mahabad Tudeh Military Network Supported by: Soviet Union ...