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The Cold War was a conflict between America and the Soviet Union where they were fighting over building weapons, nuclear devices, and propaganda. This conflict lasted for over 40 years. This war had no fighting but it did contribute a big part to history. This sparked the supreme and utter dislike of the Soviets that the Americans had.

The Start of the Cold War
The Cold War started in the 1940's. The Yalta Conference is sometimes said to be the start of the war. The beginning of this war was the end of WWII. It was most likely sparked by the bombings of Japan by the Americans. Obviously after the Second World War there were to main powers. The two Powers were the Americans and the Soviets. These two countries really wanted to dominate the other. To dominate the other they had to have a superior military and superior weapons. So in turn these two countries started to make bombs to out do the other country.

The Korean Conflict
This Conflict over in Korea really made The U.S. dislike The Soviets even more. The Soviets were funding the Koreans with money, weapons and ammunition. Although the Cold War was going on during this time this Conflict prolonged it. This really made the Americans mad. This Conflict, if had not happened, would have made the cold war only last about 15-20 years. Instead it lasted for over 40 years. This Conflict also made the Americans have to make more bombs so they could bomb Korea so our troops could get support. Although this Conflict cause The U.S. frustration it also cause us to lose a bunch of money.

Cuban Missle Crisis
The Cuban Missle Crisis was a huge part of the prolonging of the dispute between the Americans and the Soviets. The Cuban Missle Crisis happened shortly after Cuba became a Communist country. The Soviets placed missles in Cuba. Cuba, now Communist, supported this and allowed the Soviets to do this. The Soviets put their missles in Cuba beProProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 -Connection: keep-alive Cache-Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 ntrol: max-age=0 use it's a little less than a hundred miles away from America. This Crisis really scared a lot of people. This Crisis cause even more dislike of the Soviets for America.

The War in Vietnam
This was a war that a lot of people will remember for a long time. This war, although between America and the North Vietnemese, also involved Communism and the Soviets. This war was a long and hard fought effort on both sides. The war lasted about ten years and it was very bloody. Over 50,000 Americans died and even more Vietnemese died. Vietnam was now a Communist country supported by the Soviets. This made the Cold War last even longer. The Soviets, like in Korea, supported the North Vietnemese by giving them weapons, and other good supplies. This made the hatred of the Soviets rise to its peak. Now the war was at it highest and no one knew when this hatred would end between the two countries.

Finally the End Has Come
After over 40 years of this war it has ended. It ended in 1987 when the INF Treaty was signed by both sides to end the dispute. This war had no actual fighting but events that happened in between it did. This small war that had bigger wars in between it killed tens of thousands of soldiers and innocent people. Anyone who lived throught this time period will remember this forever. This war may have been called foolish but it definitely left a huge mark in history.