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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).
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.
The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met President Vladimir Putin. at a cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. Such a request would mark a reversal of roles from the 1950-53 Korean War, when the Soviet ...
President Truman engaged U.S. land, air, and sea forces; [23] United States involvement in the war quickly reversed the direction of military advancement into South Korea to military advancement into North Korea; to the point that North Korean forces were being forced against the border with China, which led to the involvement of hundreds of ...
A pact between Russia and North Korea could scramble the balance of power in East Asia and make it even more difficult to halt North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. ... been since the Cold War ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (right), during the 2024 North Korea–Russia summit June 2024.. The Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, the predecessor state to the modern Russian Federation) was the first to recognize North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK) on October 12, 1948, shortly after the proclamation ...
As Russia’s war with Ukraine has dragged on, the country’s supply of ammunition and other military hardware has dwindled. That has fueled growing concerns about an arms deal which sees ...