The Cold War was a prolonged period of military competition and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union .
Explanation:
After World War II, the cold war became a global war period between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the USA.
In the thirty years of conflict over a superpower and nuclear and missile weapons, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States remained far apart.
Although the two countries joined together in the Second World War,
Based on a common goal of destroying Nazi Germany, the hostile anti-democratic policies of the Soviets against Eastern Europe ever since the war came to an end
In full armed fighting, the Soviet Union and the US never went directly. Yet, in anticipation of a potential both-out worldwide nuclear war, both were strongly armed.