The Soviets supplied Nuclear Missiles to Cuba in 1962, sparking the Cuban Missile Crisis of '62. The missiles were removed. The Soviets supplied North Korea with war material sparking the Korean War (1950-1953). The communists were stopped at the 38th Parallel in 1953. The Soviets supplied North Vietnam with Surface to Air Missiles (SAM's), Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA), MIG-17 and MIG-21 Jet Fighter Aircraft (Red China supplied MIG-19 (J-6 versions of the MIG-19) Jet Fighter Aircraft) to the North Vietnamese Air Force; as well as tanks, small arms, ammunition, ordinance, patrol boats, trucks, communication systems, radars, etc. The communists won their first war against the free world in 1975.
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Russia's role in the Cold War was the opponent of the United States. Both nations were racing to put nuclear weapons in space and to control sPace for themselves.
The US did NOT allow the communists (USSR) to expand during the cold war.
The people that were involved in the cold war was the Soviet Union, Communist world, and the non-communist world (The US and the USSR)
US and USSR.
Cold War 1945-1991
It was between the US and the USSR, the US ended up winning the "war"
The USSR supported Russia during the Cold Was.
The US did NOT allow the communists (USSR) to expand during the cold war.
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The US was the western enemy or competitor to the USSR during the Cold War. The US had to dedicate a lot of resources in research and development of military defense and offense technology to stay ahead of the USSR in military supremacy.
Hitler and Stalin
US & USSR
Latvia was not an independent country during the Cold War. From 1944 to 1991 Latvia was part of the Soviet Union (USSR). So it was on the side of the USSR, because it was the USSR.
The Cold War involved the entire world; every country was an actual or potential enemy or friend of either the US or the USSR.
The people that were involved in the cold war was the Soviet Union, Communist world, and the non-communist world (The US and the USSR)
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The USSR headed the eastern bloc during the Cold War.
The USSR