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Cold War

By Maitree

  • Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    USA dropped nuclear bombs, effectively ending World War II.

  • USSR becomes a nuclear power

    USSR breaks USA's nuclear monopoly, starting a dangerous nuclear arms race

  • H-bombs developed

    Both superpowers develop H-bombs, more lethal than atomic bobs. Tension rise across the world.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Peak of Cold War- USSR and USA almost ready to go to war- Cold War can become "Third World War".

  • High Alert

    Tension between these two powers continues till the start of 1990s.