Geschichte der USA | 20. Jahrhundert
The Cold War
August 1945: US planes drop atom bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Over 150,000 people die. The nuclear arms race begins. By 1962, the superpowers are on the brink of nuclear war: The Soviet Union has deployed missiles with nuclear warheads in Cuba, within striking range of major American cities. President Kennedy and Soviet leader Khrushchev manage to avert an impending nuclear war at the last minute. In Vietnam and Afghanistan, on the other hand, the East-West conflict is escalating; the USA and USSR join in, deploying troops to fight for their respective spheres of influence. Not until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, does the dissolution of the Communist power bloc begin – and, at least for the time being, the USA remains the world’s sole superpower.
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