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The cold war was NEVER FOUGHT! The cold war was an arm's race.
If there had really been a war; it never would have been called a "Cold War."
It would have been called WWIII (an atomic war).
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Who fought in the battle of Flodden?
The armies of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England fought each other.
How does the brandywine battlefield impact me andor Why was it fought?
It has no impact on you. It was fought for the same reasons all wars are fought. The land was stolen from the Indians, and the people who stole it fought with each other about who was going to get to keep it.
Why did they fought in the cold war?
It wasn't actually a 'war' as such. It was a series of ''posturing' events between the two powers - trying to show each other that 'my army is better than yours'. No conflict actually took place.
Who fought the sino Japanese war?
china and japan fought against each other for control of Korea
Why did the US and the Soviet Union each support different terrorist organizations?
Well, during the cold war, each superpower wanted its own interests advanced by any means necessary. The US wanted to spread democracy while the USSR wanted to spread communism. In many developing countr5ies, different far- left or far- right organizations were supporteed by one power to stave off the other.
What were major issues of the cold war?
The cold war was about how two countries fought each other.
The United States and the Soviet Union fought each other in?
the cold war
What countries fought each other in Korea in the cold war?
The UN fought North Korea, Red China. The US was part of the UN.
Why did the cold war superpowers seek alliances with African nations?
The countries attracted superpower interest because they controlled access to the Red Sea, a vital shipping route connecting Asia, Europe, and Africa. Each superpower wanted to make sure that the other did not gain an advantage. Source: My World History text book.
How do you identify and describe four basic types of climates and give an example of each?
in england we have 4 autumn- its cold outside winter- its cold outside spring- its cold outside summer- its cold outside
How did the cold war change history?
The cold war changed history by discouraging the use of nuclear weapons by all countries. Politicians as well as the general public realized that the use of nuclear weapons would have a disastrous outcome.
What is the meaning of cold war in idioms?
The meaning of Cold in Cold War is simply that they call it the cold war because there was no fighting between the U.S's military and the Soviet millitary. Sometimes people will ask, "what if the cold war had turned hot?" that simply means "What would have happend if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R had actually fought each other?'
What war is called as the cold war?
The Cold War is called the Cold War, but it was not a war in which the opposing sides fought as they do in other wars. They used all methods short of war to avoid fighting an actual war with each other. That is why it was called the Cold War. Many smaller wars were fought in the Third World, but the Free World and Communism averted a world war with each other. I describe the Cold War was a condition of official non-war in which both sides did their untmost to ruin each other. I hope that makes sense.
Which country was the strongest nuclear power in the 1950s?
You have just defined the term cold war. Who could do what to whom. Propaganda ran the cold war. Which country was the strongest? Ask the Soviets, they will say they were. Ask the US, we will say we were. The allies of each of the opponets will answer the same way...they will back their friends. Only if we had fought each other, would the answer be known. And had we fought, there would have been no cold war. It would have been total war (one big hot war); Mutually Assured Destruction.
At the end of World War 2 there was only one superpower Who was it?
Funfact: The end of World War II saw the rise of TWO superpowers: The US and the Soviet Union. That's why the forty years of glaring at each other and spying is considered a Cold War instead of two countries not liking each other.
Why was cold war used to describe that period?
Like the term "Police Action" no one knew what else to call it. "Cold War". Since armies are not shooting at each other then that's a good name. .
Who fought against each other in the south African revolution?
the blacks and whites fought against each other
