Which Happened First?

Cold War

Cold War
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The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc. It began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Cold War (this page)1945 – December 25, 1991
  2. Democratic Federal YugoslaviaMarch 7, 1945 – November 29, 1945
  3. North VietnamSeptember 2, 1945 – July 2, 1976
  4. Socialist Republic of SloveniaNovember 29, 1945 – June 25, 1991
  5. Soviet Civil AdministrationOctober 3, 1945 – February 15, 1946
  6. Third Czechoslovak RepublicApril 5, 1945 – May 9, 1948

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