The Cold War

 

 

 

How was Europe divided after World War II?

                             Immediately after the end of the war, the occupying forces divided Europe along the lines they had previously agreed. The three zones of Germany that were occupied by the United States, Britain and France were treated as a single zone.

                            A Warsaw Pact was founded. This was countered by the Western allies, who set up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Between these two powerful groups was a band of neutral nations —Switzerland, Austria and Yugoslavia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What was the Cold War?

                              Tension between East and West grew after the war. Soviet forces suppressed attempts by Czechoslovakia and Hungary to obtain independence. However, the conflict between East and West did not happen. Instead, they sponsored wars and political unrest in other countries, destabilizing governments of which they disapproved. The closest the world came to nuclear war was in 1962 when the Soviet Union moved missiles into Cuba, directly threatening the United States. The missiles were removed when the Americans threatened retaliation.

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