The Cold War Explained (1945 - 1991) - A Complete History Overview

The Cold War Complete History Overview goes through the entirety of the Cold War era starting with the end of World War 2 until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and Soviet-Afghan War, it's all here and more! Consider becoming a member for early access and to keep the project going: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFn4wt14ytUbngBJp8SsWKQ/join The video picks up after Germany's surrender, as the cracks begin to form between the Western Allied democracies and the communist USSR, as an Iron Curtain descends across Europe along with the division of West Germany and East Germany and the emergence of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. We then move on to Asia, where the Chinese Civil War resumes between the Communists and Nationalists. From there, we move onto the borders of China, as we explore the Korean War and Indochina War in Vietnam. Back in Europe, the 1950s and 60s bring us the Eisenhower-Khrushchev era, the Hungarian Revolution, the infamous Kitchen Debate, the Sino-Soviet Split, the Berlin Wall, the emergence of the Third World, or Non-Aligned Movement, Castro's Cuban Revolution, and the Cuban Missile Crisis under Kennedy. The last chapter deals with President Johnson and the Vietnam War, President Nixon's diplomacy with China and Brezhnev, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Reagan-Gorbachev era, culminating in the Revolutions of 1989, and the eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union. 0:00 Post-War Europe (NATO and Warsaw Pact) 12:03 Cold War in Asia (Chinese Civil War, Korean War, Indochina War) 30:32 1950s - 1960s (Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) 58:25 Détente to Dissolution (Brezhnev-Nixon, Soviet-Afghan War, Revolutions of 1989) The Contemporary History Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaWQkkziGGfcpkY715pWfFsQGgZGNvtSv Welcome to the Contemporary History series of the World History Summarized project! The entire project is meant to summarize broad topics in history and balances political history and events, with social/daily life, and culture. If you've watched our History of the World documentary, the project is a perfect next step. The videos are standalone, but presented in a chronological fashion. This series "Contemporary History" takes place after our megadocumentaries "The Ancient World", "The Medieval World", the "Early Modern", and the "Late Modern". It will be divided into 5 videos, taking you all over the world post-WWII, and will be called Phase 5. This will be the FINAL PHASE of the project, and this series will be considered completed, and compiled into ONE MEGA-DOCUMENTARY containing all 5 parts. ----- Check out the Sections on our Homepage for the series we are working on: https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeInHistory ----- Please subscribe to Made In History for more videos! We are always trying to grow! All images used with CC license. Music Used: Kevin Macleod - Floating Cities #worldhistory #modernhistory #coldwar #history #documentary