10 Interesting Fact About The history of the Cold War

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• Cold War is a political and military conflict between the Western bloc (US and its allies) and the eastern bloc (Soviet Union and its allies) which took place from the end of World War II to 1991.
• This conflict began after the Soviet Union refused to recognize a form of government that was not socialist in Eastern Europe after World War II.
• The name of the Cold War itself was first used by Bernard Baruch in 1947 to describe the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union.
• During the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union competed in the nuclear weapons competition, which caused the emergence of the threat of nuclear apocalypse.
• During the Cold War, there were also many small conflicts around the world, such as the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cuban missile crisis.
• In Europe, the Cold War produced the division of countries into two blocks, namely NATO (led by the US) and Pact Warsaw (led by the Soviet Union).
• One of the important moments in the history of the Cold War is the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, which was the final sign of this conflict.
• During the Cold War, a lot of propaganda material emerged on both sides, which tried to describe the opponent as an evil enemy.
• There are also programs launched by the US government to reduce tensions between the two countries, such as the Soviet US-Auni student exchange program.
• Although the Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the impact of this conflict was still felt today, especially in relations between the US and Russia.