... they were more powerful. Over and over again the U.S would flex its muscles and then The Soviet Union would flex it's muscles until eventually one country couldn't. The Cold War lasted a very long time and it was fought through battles such as the Korean War and Vietnam. Each battle split the country and the U.S would take a side and The Soviet Union would take a side and they would ... use the country as a battle ground. This was the only actual fighting that occurred. The Cuban missile crisis was an important event ... that took place during the cold war. In the Cuban missile crisis,...

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