Cold War
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The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc. It b
Remains of the "Iron Curtain" in the Czech Republic, 2014
American C-47s unloading at the Berlin Tempelhof Airport during the Berlin Blockade
President Truman signs the North Atlantic Treaty with guests in the Oval Office
Generals Adolf Heusinger and Hans Speidel sworn into the newly founded Bundeswehr by Theodor Blank in November 1955
Eastern Bloc
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The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc, the Soviet Bloc, the Socialist Bloc and the Workers Bloc, was an unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Afric
1950 Soviet stamp, depicting the flags and peoples of communist states at the time, including those of Eastern Europe
The Big Three (British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Premier of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin) at the Yalta Conference, February 1945
German civilians watching Western supply planes at Berlin Tempelhof Airport during the Berlin Airlift
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, once the most dominant landmark in Baku, was demolished in the 1930s under Stalin.