Courses of the cold war

avatar
Created by
meklit

Cards (6)

  • After the end of World War II, the USA and Russia emerged as the rival superpowers.
  • The first military alliance is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). It was formed by the Western bloc, led by the USA.
  • In the Eastern Bloc, the other military alliance called the Warsaw Pact was established by the Soviet Union and its followers.
  • The Cold War situation and its features began in 1945 and continued to 1991 within the two superpowers.
  • Finally, the disintegration of the USSR and its communist bloc in 1989 marked the end of the Cold War period.
  • As a result, the competition between the east and west ended by the victory of the west (capitalist bloc)