1. Space Race
Each side stockpiles weapons and forces, which it hopes to never use but are a good asset in the war of words and threats. ... In August 1945, America dropped the world's first nuclear weapon on Hiroshima in Japan. The bomb had catastrophic effects on anything in its path and showed the world the deadly and devastating effects this weapon could have. ...
In 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union had signed a non-aggression pact, which secretly promised Russia half of Poland, Bessarabia and the Baltic States. Germany had promised this because they were afraid of an alliance between Britain, France and the USSR. During 1940 the Soviets invaded the Baltic S...