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The Human Toll of Cold War: Nukes, Afghanistan, and the Tragedy of Missing Flight KAL 007

Introduction The Cold War era, which stretched from the end of World War II in 1945 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, was defined by an intense ideological struggle between two superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union. Marked by the ever-looming threat of nuclear annihilation, this period saw the world […]

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The Fall of the Berlin Wall: Symbolic End to Cold War and New Era in World History

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the end of the Cold War, which had divided the world into two opposing ideologies. Learn about the history of the Berlin Wall, its construction, and related events.