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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).
The American-Soviet tensions present during 1983 was defined by some as the start of "Cold War II". While in retrospective this phase of the Cold War was generally defined as a "war of words", [285] the Soviet's "peace offensive" was largely rejected by the West. [286]
Cold War organizations – throughout the Cold War a series of organizations were created to either further the goals of individual and groups of states, or to act as intermediaries in reducing the tension. NATO - Formed 1949; Southeast Asia Treaty Organization - Formed 1954, disbanded 1977; Middle East Treaty Organization - Formed 1955 ...
Post–Cold War era. Relations since 1989; Second Cold War; ... Start date End date Western Bloc related Eastern Bloc related Region Result Cazin Rebellion: May 5, 1950:
3 Start of World War II (1939–1941) 4 Wartime alliance (1941–1945) ... Post–Cold War era. Relations since 1989; Second Cold War; Post-Soviet conflicts;
There are clear differences between the Cold War era and today. Russia is not the United States’ chief rival — that role has fallen to China, Russia’s most important ally. Communism is no ...
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 ...
But in mid-February, 1899, 126 years ago this week, America was in the heart of what weather historian Christopher Burt considers "the greatest cold wave in modern U.S. history."