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13 ore fa · The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union. The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale fighting ...
3 giorni fa · The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance originally established in 1949 to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II. When the Cold War ended, NATO was reconceived as a “cooperative-security” organization.
- David G. Haglund
- NATO is an acronym for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- Currently 31 countries are members of NATO.
- The current member states of NATO are Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,...
- Finland is the newest member of NATO; it joined the alliance in 2023. In May 2022 Sweden announced its intention to join NATO in response to Russia...
1 giorno fa · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 24, 2024 • Article History. Vietnam War. Date: 1954 - 1975. Location: Vietnam. Participants: United States. Viet Cong. Context: Indochina wars. Major Events: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Tet Offensive. My Lai Massacre. Battle of Ia Drang. Gulf of Tonkin incident. (Show more) Recent News.
- Ronald H. Spector
4 giorni fa · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 21, 2024 • Article History. Korean War, June–August 1950. Date: June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953. Location: North Korea. South Korea. Gwangju. Participants: China. North Korea. South Korea. United Nations. United States. Major Events: Inchon landing. Battle of the Chosin Reservoir.
- Allan R. Millett
3 giorni fa · The war in Europe ended in 1945. But an even greater war, without the use of battles and guns, was to start between two former allies. The period between 1945 and 1991 was called the Cold War and the two opposing sides were the United States of America and the West, against the USSR (the Soviet Union). Click on an icon below.
5 giorni fa · Center for Preventive Action. Updated May 20, 2024. A Ukrainian serviceman reacts while holding a weapon in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on February 25, 2022. Maksim Levin/Reuters. A person walks his dog in...
1 giorno fa · By the early 1970s events in the Third World were becoming central to the Cold War and Westad's account now enters its most detailed phase.
