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The Cold War was a continuing state of political and military tension from the 1940s to the early 1990s between the Western world, led by the United States and NATO allies, and the Communist world, led by the Soviet Union, its satellites and allies. The Cold War never saw direct military action, since both sides' nuclear weapons would have guaranteed "mutual assured destruction". Cycles of relative calm were followed by high tension and the threat of war.
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Were Soviet warships allowed to use the Panama canal?
The Panama Canal was closed to Soviet warships for the duration of the Cold War. On December 6, 2008, the destroyer *Admiral Chabanenko" became the first Russian or Soviet military vessel to transit t …
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Did Ted Kennedy turn to the Soviet Union for help winning an election?
First, I don't believe the text of Kennedy's original letter has ever been released. The original news story by Tim Sebastian (former Moscow correspondent for the BBC), published in The Sunday Times o …
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What are some major military successes the Soviet Union achieved against the Western World?
There were none. Likewise, the U.S. never scored any military victories over the Soviet Union.
The Cold War was a war by proxy. One superpower was a combatant in Afghanistan, Korea, and Vietnam, but …
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