what happened during the cold war?

Answer 1

The Cold War was the conflict between the capatalist nations and the communist nations following World War II. At the end of the war, various countries were given control to the Allies (the winners of the war). The Allies included the Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, and the U.S. These countries were given power to help develop various nations in Europe and Asia. The Soviet Union (headed at the time by Joseph Stalin) took political control of the territories they were allotted, and these countries became communist. Tensions rose between the democratic nations and the Soviet Union, even though they had just been allies in the greatest war the world had ever seen. As competetition for nations that were on the fence between communism and democracy grew, the relationship between the Soviet Union and the U.S. became tense. This became even worse once the Soviet Union got a hold of atomic and nuclear weapons. The reason this time period is known as the Cold War is because both the U.S. and Soviet Union were afraid to fight face to face with eachother for fear that nuclear weapons would be used, and thus, possibly the end of life on this planet. The Cold War lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Some major events of the Cold War include the war in Korea, Vietnam, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Answer 2

cold war

Answer 3

the Arms race nearly doomed us off, we're still living with the after-effects. The nuclear arsenals still have the capacity to obliterate humanity.

Answer 4

USA and russia were building weapons to treaten eachother

Answer 5

It was very cold all over the earth and there was a lot of snow, even in the summer. During this period, you needed very dependable shoes.

Answer 6

sweet

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_war

Answer 8

It never got really HOT!