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The Cold War was one of the most significant events in world history during the last half of the 20th century.

It was basically a war of words between the United States and our primary enemy during the post-World War II era, the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union was a collection of 15 eastern European republics; Russia created it by forcing the other 14 countries to belong.

Moreover, at the end of World War II, the Soviet Union took effective control of several other eastern European countries, making those nations also part of the Soviet Union’s “sphere of influence.”

The Soviet Union and the Un...