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The Cold War
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Events
Proxy Wars
The Cold War was often fought between the superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union in something called a proxy war.
These were wars fought between other countries, but with each side getting support from a different superpower.
Examples of proxy wars include the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Soviet Afghanistan War.
Arms race and space race
The United States and the Soviet Union also tried to fight the Cold War by demonstrating their power and technology.
One example of this was the Arms Race where each side tried to have the best weapons and the most nuclear bombs.
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What was it ?
The Cold War was a long period of tension between the democracies of the Western World and the communist countries of Eastern Europe
The west was led by the United States and Eastern Europe was led by the Soviet Union. These two countries became known as superpowers.
Although the two superpowers never officially declared war on each other, they fought indirectly in proxy wars, the arms race, and the space race.