How did the Cold War operate?

The Cold War was a period of competitions and confrontations between the United States and the Soviet Union. It began after World War II ended and lasted until 1991.

The Soviet Union and the United States had confrontations over the spread of communism. The Soviet Union had spread communism to Eastern Europe and wanted to spread it to Western Europe and to Asia after World War II ended. We took actions to prevent this. We...

The Cold War was a period of competitions and confrontations between the United States and the Soviet Union. It began after World War II ended and lasted until 1991.

The Soviet Union and the United States had confrontations over the spread of communism. The Soviet Union had spread communism to Eastern Europe and wanted to spread it to Western Europe and to Asia after World War II ended. We took actions to prevent this. We offered economic aid to countries trying to prevent communism from spreading. We also helped countries militarily. We helped West Berlin stay noncommunist with the Berlin Airlift. We went to the United Nations to help South Korea fight the invasion from North Korea. We strongly confronted the Soviet Union when they built missile sites and put missiles in Cuba.

We also competed with the Soviet Union in other areas. One of those areas was in space exploration. Both countries wanted to be the first to launch a satellite and to be the first to get an astronaut in orbit around the earth. The Soviet Union did these things before we did. These countries also competed to be the first to get an astronaut on the moon. We accomplished that feat before the Soviet Union did.

We also competed in sports. The Olympic games were a chance for each country to show off its athletes. Medal counts were very important.

The Cold War was a series of confrontations and competitions in many areas between the United States and the Soviet Union.