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geography of the Cold War  

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  • The Cold War was a geopolitical division between the Western allies and the Soviet Union that emerged in the late 1940s, shortly after the end of World War II, and continued through the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. During World War II, the United States was allied with the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union against Germany, Italy, and Japan. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Cold War, Geography of]

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