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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).
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 the Cold War – While many observers state the 1989 Malta Summit was the end of the Cold War, it was December 1991 before the Presidents of the United States and the Soviet Union formally recognized the conflict's end, with the Soviet Union also being dissolved at that time. Some key events leading up to the end include:
This is a list of military conflicts, that United States has been involved in. There are currently 123 military conflicts on this list, 5 of which are ongoing. These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War.
Mason County War (Texas, 1874–1877) Colfax County War (New Mexico, 1875) Lincoln County War (New Mexico, 1877–78) San Elizario Salt War (Texas-Mexico borderlands 1877) Johnson County War (Wyoming, 1892) Pleasant Valley War (Arizona, 1886) Sheep Wars (Texas-New Mexico borderlands, 1879–1900) Posey War (Utah, 1923)
Changes in national boundaries after the end of the Cold War In summing up the international ramifications of these events, Vladislav Zubok stated: 'The collapse of the Soviet empire was an event of epochal geopolitical, military, ideological, and economic significance.' [ 337 ] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Russia drastically cut ...
Start date End date Western Bloc related Eastern Bloc related Region Result Dekemvriana: December 3, 1944 January 11, 1945 Kingdom of Greece United Kingdom: EAM: Southern Europe: Western Bloc victory Anti-Communist resistance in Poland: 1944 1947 (1963) Cursed soldiers Polish People's Republic Soviet Union: Central Europe: Eastern Bloc victory
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.