Cold War Conflicts
Proxy wars of the superpowers. Explore the major armed conflicts (1947–1991) fought in the shadow of US-Soviet rivalry across the globe.
3 Conflicts in this Collection
Korean War
On a divided peninsula scorched by ideology and war, the Korean War became a crucible of Cold War rivalries—where millions would bleed, and the world would teeter on the edge of catastrophe.
Vietnam War
In the jungles of Southeast Asia, a nation's struggle for identity became a global crucible of ideology, ambition, and unimaginable human cost. The Vietnam War: twenty years that scarred a generation and changed the course of history.
Soviet-Afghan War
A superpower invades a mountainous crossroads, only to find itself ensnared in a decade-long guerrilla war that shatters empires and shapes the world we know today.
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