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Between 1947 and 1991, during the years of the Cold War, a large number of military awards and decorations were created by various nations to recognize the undeclared hostilities of the era. Military medals of the Vietnam War and the Korean War are the best known due to the extreme level of the conflicts.
Pages in category "1945 photographs" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Cold War: The United States controversially imports 88 German scientists to help in the production of rocket technology. The cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost debuts, in The Friendly Ghost. The motion picture The Lost Weekend, starring Ray Milland, is released.
Elbe Day, April 25, 1945, is the day Soviet and American troops met at the Elbe River, near Torgau in Germany, marking an important step toward the end of World War II in Europe. This contact between the Soviets, advancing from the east, and the Americans, advancing from the west, meant that the two powers had effectively cut Germany in two.
August 17, 1945: December 27, 1949 Dutch East Indies United Kingdom: Indonesia Supported by: United States India Japan Soviet Union: Southeast Asia: Indonesia gained independence 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 ...
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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.
The films included here are set in the time period from 1945 to 2001, or from the start of the Cold War until it came to an end in 1990s. The Cold War itself was the aftermath of World War II. At the turn of the new century the world woke up to a new reality one September morning and Cold War's aftermath period came to an end.