The Cold War refers to an unarmed conflict between the United States and what other country?

The Cold War was an unarmed conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. It began after World War II ended and lasted until 1991. A cold war is a period of time when nations have a series of competitions and confrontations without actually engaging in armed conflict.

The Soviet Union wanted to spread communism. The United States tried to prevent the spread of communism. The Soviet Union tried to spread communism to Western Europe. The US provided aid to countries such as Greece and Turkey to prevent that from happening and organized the Berlin Airlift after the Soviet Union established the Berlin Blockade to try to force the Allies out of West Berlin to make West Berlin communist. The United States also asked the United Nations to help South Korea when North Korea, a communist country, invaded South Korea in 1950.

The United States and the Soviet Union also competed in the Space Race. The Soviet Union was the first nation to launch a satellite into space. They were also the first to get an astronaut into orbit around the earth. The United States was the first to land an astronaut on the moon.