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Western Europe had a much stronger economy. Eastern Europe fell into poverty and more Eastern European countries became police states.
Yes. East Germany was separated from West Germany by the Berlin Wall during the era of communism there. East Germany was part of the Soviet Communist Bloc and West Germany was the non-communist portion.
It got quite a bit bigger - the five non-Soviet countries of the Warsaw Pact have all become capitalist democracies.
During the Cold War, the United States sought to defend "freedom" by opposing communism and creating free markets. The United States generally succeeded in containing communism and probiding aid in the region, yes some American actions challenged the nation's values.
Not between the Eastern bloc and the Western countries.
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The United States and its NATO allies
The USSR headed the eastern bloc during the Cold War.
The Cold War is marked by heightened military and political tension between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The Western Bloc consisted of the United States and nations in NATO as well as Japan. The Eastern Bloc included the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact nations.
It symbolized the Cold War and divide between the communist Soviet bloc. and the western democratic, capital bloc.
"Third world countries" is a term historically used to refer to developing countries that were not aligned with the Western bloc (first world) or the Eastern bloc (second world) during the Cold War. Today, the term is considered outdated and can be seen as derogatory. It is more accurate to refer to these countries as developing or low-income countries.
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As a communist nation, China became part of the global communist alliance lead by the USSR. Western nations were in conflict with the communist bloc during the Cold War.