the Soviet Union (Russia)
Tension was the cold war. The allies were always preparing (on patrol and on manuevers) during the cold war.
Did you have any allies or enemies during cold war
The Americans and Russians were allies during the second World War and never fought each other. It was after the war, that Russia retreated behind the 'Iron Curtain' and the cold war between Russia and the West began.
The United States and its NATO allies
The are Soviet Union, countries from the Eastern Europe, China, Mongolia, North Korea, Vietnam.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)
No, they sat on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain.
No, they sat on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain.
In basic terms, some of yesterday's enemies became new allies, and some former allies became enemies, although not in an outright way. Japan, Italy, and West Germany became Western allies. China, North Korea, East Germany, and the former Axis countries of Eastern Europe lined up with the USSR. It should be remembered that most of these alliances were involuntary on both sides, but the Free World countries tended to have a greater freedom of choice than the Communist countries. As in World War 2, a few countries were able to remain neutral in the Cold War.
Poland, Cuba, Venezuela, Albania, Eastern Germany, etc.
Well the Cold war came about...
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