Korean War
Communism and Non-Communists existed prior to WW2. We just had a temporay truce until the Axis Powers were defeated. After Germany and Japan were defeated then we concentrated on each other in the cold war. The AXIS POWERS were an immediate danger to the world.
The major cause for the Cold War were Ideological difference between the two super blocs viz. USA - supporting capitalism and USSR supporting Communism
USSR gets the A-bomb in 1949.
The cold war ideology changed wartime alliances after WWII by bringing the two super powers, the United States and Russia, head to head on opposing sides even though during the war they were allies with a common enemy. During the war, both super powers were set against Nazi Germany, but they both had different ideas as to how the world should be ran afterwards and came to blows over it. beryl1963
That was the beginning of the Cold War - a competition between Russia and the United States. They were the primary world powers of the time.
Two different topics/questions here; "Local Struggle..." and "Major event of the cold war..." 1. The VN War wasn't a local struggle. It involved the world powers and potential atomic war. 2. Any SHOOTING war during the cold war was a major event.
The United States and the former USSR were the two major superpowers that clashed against each other during the Cold War.
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No battles . I think you are missing the point of the Cold War because there were no battles it was called "Cold". There were a few standoffs and threats, but for the most part it was the western powers looking at the communist dictatorship through the lens of containment.
The Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union grew out of the Cold War. The rivalry between these two super powers led to major technological advances and achievements at the time.
so what were the major battles of the cold war and why
Both are responsible. The question is what did we got from that.
Cold war was a war of threats, politics between democratic west and communist east. It was caused by the end of WWII with the emergence of two super powers America and the USSR, and their opposing ideologies. It was called a cold war because there were no occasions of direct armed conflict between the super powers.
russia and america
The USA and USSR competed during the cold war
the two true Major powers involved in the Cold war were America and Russia. Both sides supplied arms, supplies and, in some case, men to aid in their allies conflicts. (The Korean and Vietnam War, along with the battles in the middle east)