The Cold War

The Cold War was a war that had no actual fighting in it. It was a fierce rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) to see which country was the most powerful in the world. This originated from World War II when Japan and Germany lost power when they were defeated, and the allies (United States and the Soviet Union) were the only countries left. They both took on the role of superpowers and this is where both started to try and best the other. The most popular and primary example of this would be the Space Race. This was to see which superpower had the capability of going into space and who could do it the fastest. The Soviets were able to go into space first by launching a satellite, but the United States responded by sending Apollo 11 to the moon and having the first humans (Americans) to step on the moon. Another example of this would be the Cuban Missile Crisis in which the United States suspected Cuba of storing missiles, which was apparently given to by the Soviet Union. It was one of the closest points in which the Cold War would have evolved into a nuclear war. This was in response to the failed operation "Bay of Pigs" in which the Untied States invaded Cuba. The leaders of both the US and the USSR came into a truce in a meeting.