It got quite a bit bigger - the five non-Soviet countries of the Warsaw Pact have all become capitalist democracies.
Western Europe had a much stronger economy. Eastern Europe fell into poverty and more Eastern European countries became police states.
# Though it may sound strange, the Cold War and the accompanying threat of nuclear war probably did much to 'keep the peace' in Europe. # Growing economic interdepedence in a. Western Europe and b. Eastern Europe.
The fifties had more conflicts regarding the Cold War in Europe.
The fifties.
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i believe it was called the "iron curtain" that divided eastern and western Europe
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US and all of western europe
Europe was divided into two opposing sides during the Cold War. Here, Western Europe was democratic and Eastern Europe was communist.
The United States and the USSR were both major players in the Cold War. Other nations included Western Europe and parts of Asia.
The United States and the USSR were both major players in the Cold War. Other nations included Western Europe and parts of Asia.
The Marshall Plan was put in place between 1948 to 1952 and was also called the European Recovery Program (ERP). It worked to develop western Europe and repel the spread of communism from eastern Europe during the Cold War.
Western Europe had a much stronger economy. Eastern Europe fell into poverty and more Eastern European countries became police states.
After the war USA and USSR fought (not literally) for power in post-war world. Europe was divided in eastern Europe, which was under USSR's subordination and western Europe, which actively cooperated with USA. The tension between these two nations grew resulting in cold war.
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There were really a lot of things that happened to Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, but I could summarize them; Western Europe fell into a period of a thousand years of disunity and war, before finally creating the European Union, bringing harmony to the continent.
Cold War.