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The Cold War Begins

American and Russian soldiers meet across a bridge on the Elbe River in Germany near the end of World War II.

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The Cold War Begins

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President Truman speaks at the conference in San Francisco where the United Nations Charter was drafted.

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This Soviet poster from 1945 promotes the role of industrial and agricultural workers in building a socialist society.

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The Cold War Begins

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In this 1948 photograph, British military police put up a sign to mark the boundary between the British and Russian sections of the city of Berlin.

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China’s Communist Path

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This Chinese poster from 1949 celebrates the victory of the Communists, led by Mao Zedong, over the Nationalists in China.

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After leading the Communists to victory in China, Mao Zedong placed power in the hands of the Communist Party and began to restructure the economy based on Marxist principles.

China’s Communist Path

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China’s Communist Path

During the Great Leap Forward, many Chinese people were forced to build backyard furnaces to produce steel for their communities.

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China’s Communist Path

Here Red Guards parade their victims, who are wearing hats proclaiming their supposed crimes, on the streets of Beijing.

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This picture, taken in October 1950, shows U.S. troops transporting North Korean prisoners of war.

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Cold War Conflicts

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In September 1965, U.S. soldiers on the ground were supported by helicopters during the Iron Triangle assault.

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Cold War Conflicts

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After Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban government in 1959, he toured the United States. Here Castro takes questions from the press upon his arrival in Washington, D.C., in April 1959.

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The prime minister of Congo, Patrice Lumumba, was an ardent nationalist. When the United Nations rejected his plea for foreign aid, he turned to the USSR for help.

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In this image from 1961, a family tries to visit with relatives who they have become separated by the Berlin Wall.

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The End of the Cold War

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U.S. President Richard Nixon embraced a policy of détente to ease Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and China. In 1972, he made a historic visit to China in the hopes of easing tensions in East Asia.

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The End of the Cold War

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The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (right) poses with Vice President George H.W. Bush and President Ronald Reagan in New York during his 1988 visit to the United States.

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The End of the Cold War

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On November 9, 1989, the government of East Germany opened the Berlin Wall so people could travel freely to the West. This photo shows young people climbing on top of the wall in celebration.

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