The Cold War :: History, USSR, The Space Race

conjecture a world where everyone has nothing, this was the USSR during the Cold warfare. The Cold War was a 40 yearlong war surrounded by the USA and the USSR. The US and the USSR never had any(prenominal) direct contact, but what they did do was corroborate die hards. These races were the Nuclear Arms race and the Space race. The Nuclear Arms race was not so such(prenominal) an weaponry race as it was a defense race. This is because with both sides have nuclear bombs, both of them would have enough bomb power to punish (Hart 440) The Space Race was, as the name says, a race to live who could outwit up in space first. Amazingly nuclear arms helped fuel man to get up in space.The Cold War was a war between the USSR and the US. Even though they never fought instantly there were many wars between democracy and communism. Most of the wars between 1950-1990 were lineament of the Cold War (BrianPOP). For example, the Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam Conflict (1955-1975) are deuce well-known wars that happened because of communism. (Wikipedia). The Korean War was a war fought between marriage and southbound Korea. North Korea was Communist and Soviet backed, while South Korea was wear of the UN (Dolan 9). Like the Korean War the Vietnam Conflict was a war fought between North and South Vietnam. Also like the Korean War the South was democratic while the north was communist (Wikipedia). Some of the wars fought between collectivism and Democracy happened in a smaller scale. For example, in Germany 1938, the Soviet alliance limited transport into the urban center of Berlin. Germany at this time was split into two sections, Democratic and Communism. The French, British, and America control conduct the West, while Russia controlled the East (HowStuffWorks). The metropolis of Berlin was divided between the two sections, East and West Berlin. In 1938, Stalin stopped transport into the city by putting up hampers, blocking all roads and railroads th at led out of the city (Hart 438). Stalin was doing this to starve out the Allies so they would get out of the city. The Allies didnt move, but what they did do was fly planes into the city of Berlin and dropped off food and supplies (Hart 438). Ten months later Stalin gave up on the blockade and took it down (Hart 438). During the Cold War, Berlin was hit again by the influences of Stalin.