global conflict after World War II between Soviet Union and the United States from 1947 to 1991. It is call Cold War because there is no actual combat between two forces took place between the United States and the USSR (Soviet Union). Instead, it took place in hot spots.
Space Race is a competition between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States(US) for the power in spaceflight ability. The Space Race began on August 2,1955, when the Soviet Union announces to the US four days earlier of intent that they will launch artificial satellites for the International Geophysical Year. However US loses to Soviet Union to this on October 4,1957. On July 20, 1969, US landed the first humans on the Moon. The USSR tried to land a humans on the Moon but they fail.
Picture of Korean War from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/world/asia/korean-war-history.html
Picture of Vietnam War from https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/world/vietnam-war-fast-facts/index.html
Picture of Cuban Missile Crisis from http://www.newhistorian.com/origins-cuban-missile-crisis/1208/
| Korean War | Vietnam War | Cuban Missile Crisis |
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| It is a war between the South Korea with the support of United States and North Korea with the support of China and the Soviet Union. Korean War began on June 25,1950, when North Korean invaded South Korea. The war ended on July 27, 1953 when made an agreement to stop fighting. As a reuslt of this war, Korean was split into two regions with separate governments. | It is a war between the South Vietnam with the support of United States and North Vietnam with the support of Soviet Union. Vietnam war began on November 1, 1955, when the North Vietnamese government and Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam. The war ended on April 30, 1975, when Saigon fell ton the communists. | The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962. Started on October 16, 1962 when the U.S. failed to overthrow the Castro regime in Cuba with the Bay of Pigs invasion. The Cuban Missile Crisis ended on October 28, 1962 when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agrees to remove Russian missiles from Cuba. |
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